Spring Hill, TN Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

Section 17-107 of the Spring Hill Municipal Code is a flat prohibition: the disposal of refuse in any quantity by any person in any place, public or private, other than the site or sites designated by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, is expressly prohibited. The section sets no minimum volume. What counts as refuse comes from § 17-101, which covers garbage, rubbish, leaves and brush and expressly excludes dead animals and fowls, body wastes, hot ashes, rocks, concrete, bricks and similar materials from the definition.

Chapter 2 of Title 17 adds that a disposal site is a refuse depository such as a sanitary landfill, transfer station, incinerator or waste processing center that is licensed, permitted or approved by the governmental bodies with jurisdiction. Several nearby sections close off the other routes people use to get rid of waste. Section 17-102 requires all persons within the city to keep their premises clean and sanitary and free from accumulations of refuse, except when it is stored as the chapter provides. Section 16-107 makes it unlawful to litter, place, throw, track or allow to fall on any street, alley or sidewalk any refuse, glass, tacks, mud or other objects that are unsightly or that obstruct the use of the public way.

Section 16-108 separately makes it unlawful to permit or cause the obstruction of a drainage ditch in a public right-of-way. The sole self-disposal exception is in § 17-213: a producer whose principal building sits more than 300 feet from the street or road can elect to handle its own refuse by giving notice to the City Recorder, and if the Building Inspector finds that method insufficient, the city can require the producer to use the services it offers.