Overland Park, KS Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing chapter
- Municipal Code Ch. 13.24
- Covered locations
- Streets, sidewalks, storm sewers, drainage courses
- Max fine
- $500 per offense
- Max jail term
- 6 months
- Continuing violation
- Each day is a separate offense
- Adopted
- Ord. DD-379 (1966), amended DD-1659 (1990)
Summary
Overland Park makes it a public offense to dump, deposit, wash or spill leaves, debris, rubbish or any other material into streets, sidewalks, bike-hike trails, rights-of-way, gutters, storm sewers, water courses or drainage courses. Letting such material remain there is equally unlawful, and every day it stays counts as a separate violation.
No person shall dump, deposit, wash or spill, or cause to be dumped, deposited, washed or spilled, in or on any street, sidewalk, bike-hike trail, right-of-way, gutter, storm sewer, water course, drainage course or other public utility facility, any leaves, debris, rubbish, or any other material that damages, causes an obstruction to, or interferes with the operation of that facility. It shall also be unlawful for any such person to allow such material to remain in or on such facility. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
Full Breakdown
24 targets dumping that damages, obstructs or interferes with a public street or drainage facility. 010 prohibits any person from dumping, depositing, washing or spilling leaves, debris, rubbish, or any other material in or on a street, sidewalk, bike-hike trail, right-of-way, gutter, storm sewer, water course, drainage course, or other public utility facility. It is separately unlawful to simply allow such material to remain there once deposited, so a property owner whose trash washes into a storm drain cannot wait it out. The section explicitly makes each day the material remains in place a new, separately chargeable offense, which lets the City stack counts against someone who ignores a cleanup request.
010 rather than setting its own fine schedule. 010. A. 12-3015. 24 is the standalone street-and-drainage dumping offense that applies even where no stormwater permit is implicated.
Violations & Fines
A first violation of Chapter 13.24 is a public offense under the general penalty of Municipal Code Section 1.12.010: a fine up to $500, up to six months in jail, or both. Because both 13.24.010 and 1.12.010 independently define each day of continuing violation as a separate offense, unremoved dumped material can generate a new citation daily until cleared.
Frequently Asked Questions
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