Midwest City, OK Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

It shall be unlawful for any person to dump, deposit, throw, dispose or in any manner leave trash or hazardous waste on any property without permission of the owner of such property, except dumping grounds approved by the city.(b)In the event the trash and/or hazardous waste disposed of in violation of this section contain three (3) or more items bearing a common address, the occupant of that address will be presumed to have unlawfully disposed of the trash and/or hazardous waste. Acceptable evidence of the commission of the offense and the identity of the offender and/or responsible party may be supplied by eyewitness testimony, video, photographic or other reliable tangible evidence that is not hearsay.(c)Any person convicted of violating subsection (a) of this section shall be punished by a fine as set out in section 1-15, or by any combination of fine, restitution, costs, and imprisonment.(d)As part of a suspended sentence or negotiated plea, with the property owner's permission, the court may order the person convicted of an offense under this section to abate the trash or hazardous waste or order the person convicted to reimburse the property owner for any and all actual and reasonable costs of removing the trash or hazardous waste from his property. (Ord. No. 2697, § 1, 2-24-98; Ord. No. 3227, § 1, 3-10-15; Ord. No. 3365, § 5, 3-26-19)