Rowlett, TX Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Max fine
- $2,000 per offense
- Standard Code fine cap
- $500 (non-sanitation offenses)
- Governing prohibition
- § 22-161, Litter article
- Continuing violation
- Each day is a separate offense
- Other remedies
- Abatement, injunction, permit revocation
Summary
Dumping garbage, trash, rubbish, or dead animals on any street, alley, drain, or public or private property inside Rowlett city limits is unlawful, and it draws the code's enhanced $2,000 sanitation fine rather than the standard $500 penalty.
...provided, however, that the violation of any provision of this Code or any ordinance, resolution, rule, or police regulation that governs fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation, including dumping of refuse, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000.00.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 29).
Full Breakdown
Rowlett's litter ordinance, § 22-161, makes it unlawful to deposit garbage, trash, rubbish, stagnant water, or dead animals along any drain, gutter, alley, sidewalk, street, vacant lot, or public or private premises within the city. The code's general penalty section, § 1-13, singles out violations that govern fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation, including dumping of refuse, for a fine up to $2,000, versus the ordinary $500 cap for other Code violations. Each day the dumping continues is a separate offense, and the city can also pursue abatement, injunctive relief, or permit revocation alongside the fine.
Violations & Fines
Fine up to $2,000 per offense for dumping garbage, trash, rubbish, or dead animals on public or private property; each day the dumping continues is a separate violation.
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