Titusville, FL Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

Section 16-15 of the Titusville Code of Ordinances, part of Chapter 16 (Solid Waste), prohibits depositing trash on streets or in gutters or in the stormwater system. Subsection (a) bars any person from draining, depositing, placing or otherwise discharging onto any street, gutter, ditch, lake, river, body of water, natural outlet or stormwater system within the city any organic or inorganic matter that causes or tends to cause pollution, and lists specific polluting matter including acids or alkalis, animal carcasses, antifreeze and automotive products, chemicals, construction materials, degreasers and solvents, lawn clippings and branches, paints, pesticides and herbicides, pet waste, petroleum products, sanitary sewage, silt, soaps, and toxic or poisonous solids or liquids.

Subsection (b) separately makes it unlawful to wash any public or private street, sidewalk or parking area into a gutter, outlet or stormwater system unless all visible debris and sediment has been removed first; if removal isn't feasible, the city manager or a designee must give prior written approval, which can require cleaning the affected drainage pipelines or treating the washwater runoff, and only plain water may be used for washing. Because Section 16-15 carries no penalty clause of its own, violations fall under the citywide general penalty in Section 1-15: a fine not exceeding $500, imprisonment not exceeding 60 days, or both, with each day a violation continues counted as a separate offense.

The city can also pursue civil fines, license or permit suspension, and Florida Chapter 162 code enforcement board proceedings, and any violating condition is deemed a public nuisance subject to abatement. This is a Brevard County city ordinance and applies only within Titusville's city limits, not the unincorporated county or Kennedy Space Center.