Safety Harbor, FL Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Sec. 10.06(1), Code of Ordinances
- Max fine
- $500 per offense
- Max jail time
- 60 days
- Continuing violation
- Each day is a separate offense
Summary
Safety Harbor bans dumping, burning, or burying garbage on any land, street, vacant lot, or waterway within city limits, with violators facing fines up to $500 and up to 60 days in jail.
To deposit on, or burn, or bury in, or cause to be deposited on, or burned, or buried in, any land, public square, street, alley, vacant lot or unoccupied lot, the water or shore of Old Tampa Bay, in or on the banks of any other waterway, channel, ditch, stream or any part of any drainage system or drainage way within the city, any garbage or other noxious, malodorous or offensive matter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 65 | Land Development Code: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
Section 10.06 of the Safety Harbor Code of Ordinances makes it unlawful to deposit, burn, or bury garbage or other noxious matter on any land, public square, street, alley, vacant or unoccupied lot, the shore of Old Tampa Bay, or in any waterway, channel, ditch, stream, or drainage system within city limits. The chapter carries no dedicated penalty section, so violations default to the citywide general penalty in Section 1.12: a fine up to $500, up to 60 days in jail, or both. Each day the dumped material remains constitutes a separate offense, so cleanup delays multiply the exposure.
Violations & Fines
Fine up to $500 and/or jail up to 60 days under Section 1.12; each day the dumped material remains is a separate offense.
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Sources & Official References
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