Whittier, CA Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

060 prohibits intentionally placing, littering, accumulating, maintaining, discharging, or causing to enter the municipal storm drain system (the MS4) any pollutant or foreign object, expressly naming batteries, tires, waste receptacles, yard debris, refuse, rubbish, food waste, chemicals, animal waste, and oil cans. 3 as an available charge. 150: the director of public works and designated officers may inspect property (with consent or a warrant), issue a notice of noncompliance with a compliance deadline of up to 90 days (extendable another 90 days for good cause), or issue a cease-and-desist order for ongoing violations.

Recipients get 30 days to request an administrative hearing before a hearing officer, held within 45 business days, with further appeal to the city manager within 10 business days of that decision. Violations are deemed infractions, though the enforcing attorney may instead file misdemeanor charges. 1, and the condition is separately declared a public nuisance under Government Code Section 38771, subject to injunction or emergency abatement if it poses an imminent threat to health or the environment.