Rockwall, TX Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Citation
- Sec. 16-118, Code of Ordinances
- Max fine
- Up to $2,000 per offense
- Continuing violation
- Each day is a separate offense
- Legal disposal spot
- Public or private trash container
Summary
Dumping litter, garbage, or refuse in any public place in Rockwall is a criminal offense unless it goes into a trash container, and dumping violations carry the code's steepest fine tier.
A person commits an offense if he throws or deposits litter in or upon any public place within the city, except in public or private trash containers.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 25 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Rockwall's code makes it an offense to throw or deposit litter, garbage, refuse, or rubbish in or upon any public place within the city, unless it goes into a public or private trash container (Sec. 16-118). The same article separately bans littering from a vehicle or bicycle and requires property owners to keep sidewalks, yards, and alleys litter-free. Because dumping of refuse is grouped with fire safety, zoning, and public health/sanitation offenses under the city's general penalty section, it draws the code's top fine bracket rather than the standard cap that applies to most other ordinance violations.
Violations & Fines
Throwing or dumping litter, garbage, or refuse anywhere in a Rockwall public place is a misdemeanor; each day the violation continues is a separate offense, punishable up to $2,000.
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