Tinley Park, IL Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Fine range
- $25 to $500 per offense
- Covers
- Streets, alleys, parks, and private property
- Continuing violation
- Each day = separate offense
- Related remedy
- Village may seek injunctive relief
Summary
Depositing garbage, refuse or other material on any street, alley, park, public way or private property in Tinley Park violates § 96.04, and any Chapter 96 violation, including illegal dumping, draws a fine of $25 to $500 per offense under § 96.99, with each day the material stays a separate offense.
It shall be unlawful to throw or deposit any garbage, refuse, or other material of any kind, including but not limited to cans, bottles, paper, or plastic in any street, alley, park, public way, or private property within the village. ... any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this chapter shall be fined not less than $25 or more than $500 for each offense. Each day that a violation exists shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-40: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ordinance 2026-O-007, passed 2-17-2026, Resolution 2018-R-077, passed 10-2-18, and State legislation current through 2010 Pamphlet No. 7).
Full Breakdown
04 of the Village Code bars throwing or depositing garbage, refuse, or other material of any kind, expressly including cans, bottles, paper or plastic, in any street, alley, park, public way, or private property within the village; the prohibition covers dumping on someone else's land as much as on public property. 03 separately bans depositing refuse or garbage into any lake, stream or pond in the village. 99, ties all of these together: any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of the chapter, including the illegal-dumping ban, is fined not less than $25 nor more than $500 for each offense, on top of any injunctive relief the Village pursues to abate the resulting nuisance.
Because the ordinance treats each day a violation exists as a separate and distinct offense, dumped material left in place accrues a new fine daily rather than a single flat penalty, giving the Village leverage to force quick cleanup rather than let a violator absorb one fine and walk away.
Violations & Fines
Illegal dumping under § 96.04 is fined not less than $25 nor more than $500 for each offense under the chapter's general penalty, § 96.99, and the Village may also pursue injunctive relief to force abatement. Each day the dumped material remains counts as a separate, additional offense.
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