Mount Pleasant, SC Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Dumping in town limits
- Prohibited outright, § 50.07(A)
- Vacant lots/public property
- Expressly "illegal dumping", § 50.07(B)
- Trash on another's property
- Prohibited, § 50.10(A)
- General penalty
- Up to $500 fine or 30 days
- Continuing violation rule
- Each day is a separate offense
Summary
Dumping garbage or trash anywhere within the Town of Mount Pleasant's municipal limits is prohibited outright under § 50.07, and placing items on a vacant parcel or any public property is expressly called illegal dumping. Section 50.10 separately bars depositing scrap, junk, or waste on public places or another's property outside a proper receptacle.
§ 50.07 DUMPING PROHIBITED. ... (A) Dumping of garbage or trash within the municipal limits is prohibited. (B) Placing items on vacant parcels or on any public property shall be considered illegal dumping. ... § 50.10 DISPOSAL OF TRASH IN PUBLIC PLACES OR PRIVATE PROPERTY. (A) No person shall deposit or dispose of any scrap, paper, junk, trash, debris, or waste matter of any kind on any public place or on the property of another except in receptacles provided for such purpose.
Full Breakdown
07(A) makes dumping of garbage or trash within the municipal limits unlawful in blanket terms, and (B) specifically labels placing items on vacant parcels or on any public property as illegal dumping, closing off the common excuse that an empty lot is fair game. 10(A) reaches further, prohibiting depositing scrap, paper, junk, trash, debris, or waste matter of any kind on any public place or on someone else's property except in a receptacle provided for that purpose, and (B) requires residents to place their own garbage and trash curbside abutting their own property rather than elsewhere.
C. 10 are independently enforceable. 41, and repeat violations at the same property can be escalated to the Land Codes Inspector or the Police Department.
Violations & Fines
Neither § 50.07 nor § 50.10 sets its own fine, so both draw the general penalty of § 10.99 through § 50.99(A): a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days, with a separate offense deemed committed for each day a violation continues.
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