Rose Hill, NC Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Private property dumping
- Banned without owner's consent, § 91.03(B)
- Public property dumping
- Banned outside designated receptacles, § 91.03(C)
- Flyers/promotional litter
- Each scattered item is a separate violation
- Penalty
- Up to $50 fine or 30 days jail
- Transport rule
- Waste must be secured; garbage in closed containers
Summary
Rose Hill bans dumping any solid waste on someone else's private property without consent, and on any public street, sidewalk or town-owned property outside a designated receptacle, under § 91.03(B) and (C) of the Code of Ordinances, backed by the town's general misdemeanor penalty.
(B) Dumping or littering on private property. (1) No person shall place, discard, throw, drop or deposit or cause to be placed, discarded, thrown, dropped or deposited any solid waste on any property not owned by him or her or it without the consent of the owner, occupant or lessee thereof. ... (C) Dumping or littering on streets, sidewalks and other public property. (1) No person shall distribute, place, discard, throw, drop or deposit or cause to be distributed, placed, discarded, thrown, dropped or deposited any solid waste on any public street or sidewalk within the town or on any property owned or operated by the town, except in properly designated receptacles.
Full Breakdown
03 of the nuisance chapter splits illegal dumping into two prohibitions depending on where the waste lands. ' Both subsections extend the same prohibition to flyers and other promotional materials that end up scattered about private or public property, and each individual flyer or piece of promotional material that scatters counts as its own separate violation, not one combined offense. 03(D), also requires that any solid waste transported on the town's public streets be secured well enough that nothing escapes the vehicle, with garbage specifically required to travel in closed containers to prevent odors or leaks.
99 applying: a Class 3 misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $50 or up to 30 days imprisonment, with each day of an ongoing violation treated as a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Dumping solid waste on private property without consent, or on any public street, sidewalk or town-owned property outside a designated receptacle, is a Class 3 misdemeanor under the general penalty at § 10.99, punishable by a fine up to $50 or up to 30 days in jail. Each scattered flyer or piece of promotional material is its own separate violation, and each day an ongoing dump remains is a separate offense.
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