South Jordan, UT Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Prohibited
- dumping solid waste outside authorized sites
- Applies
- even with property owner's consent
- Default penalty
- infraction, §1.28.030
- Also banned
- dumping in another's container without consent
Summary
South Jordan bans dumping solid waste anywhere in the city, even on your own property with permission, unless it goes to a licensed hauler's container, transfer station, or the Trans-Jordan Landfill.
Except for lawful disposal of solid waste in containers serviced by a licensed commercial hauler or a licensed private hauler, it is unlawful to place solid waste in any location in the City (with or without the permission of the owner or occupier thereof) except at a solid waste management facility, at a transfer station, or in containers owned, operated, or serviced by the City or by Trans-Jordan Landfill. It is unlawful to do any of the following: To place solid waste in a container owned, leased, rented or controlled by another without the consent of the person who owns, leases, rents or controls the container. To place any materials in a container owned or serviced by the City which law or the City's rules prohibit from being received by or deposited at a transfer station or solid waste management facility owned or operated by the City or the Trans-Jordan Landfill. HISTORY Amended by Ord. 2017-14 ARCHIVED on 6/20/2017
Full Breakdown
South Jordan's solid waste code, at section 7.01.080, bars dumping solid waste anywhere in the city, even on private property with the owner's blessing, unless it goes into a container serviced by a licensed commercial or private hauler, a transfer station, or a City or Trans-Jordan Landfill facility. The same section separately makes it unlawful to place waste in someone else's container without consent, or to dump material a facility isn't permitted to accept. Chapter 7.01 sets no specific penalty for this section, so it falls under the code's default classification: an infraction under section 1.28.030, with each day of a continuing violation counted separately under section 1.28.040.
Violations & Fines
Unlawful dumping under section 7.01.080 defaults to an infraction under the code's general penalty rule, section 1.28.030, since the section states no specific classification; continuing violations count as separate daily offenses under section 1.28.040.
Frequently Asked Questions
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