What is the legal basis for punishing littering in property communities?

According to the residential property management regulations, littering, if it affects public health, can be identified as infringement, and there are civil compensation channels for the court to take corrective measures or compensate for economic losses.

Legal analysis

In order to strengthen urban management, consolidate the achievements of creating a national health city and build "the cleanest city in China", the municipal government decided to impose heavier punishment on illegal acts such as littering in the urbanization management area within the administrative area of Hangzhou during the construction of "the cleanest city in China". The relevant matters are hereby notified as follows: Individuals (including individual industrial and commercial households) who throw (dump) garbage will be ordered to make corrections, and will be punished according to the following provisions: those who throw waste such as peels, scraps of paper, cigarette butts and beverage cans will be fined from 30 yuan to 50 yuan. Anyone who spits, urinates, throws chewing gum or wastes batteries will be fined 50 yuan. Dumping domestic garbage, sewage, feces, littering animal carcasses, or burning leaves, garbage and other wastes in open places and garbage collection containers will be fined 100 yuan; If there are serious circumstances such as refusing to correct or causing great harmful consequences, 200 yuan will be fined. Failing to transport the decoration garbage to the designated stacking and disposal place as required, a fine of 1000 yuan shall be imposed; Those who refuse to make corrections or cause serious harmful consequences shall be fined 1500 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan.

legal ground

Regulations on the administration of city appearance and environmental sanitation

Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in order to strengthen the management of city appearance and environmental sanitation, create a clean and beautiful working and living environment in cities, and promote the construction of socialist material and spiritual civilization in cities.

Article 2 All units and individuals in People's Republic of China (PRC) must abide by these regulations.

Third city appearance and environmental sanitation work, the implementation of unified leadership, regional responsibility, professional management and mass management principles.

Fourth the State Council city construction administrative departments in charge of the national city appearance and environmental sanitation work. The administrative department of urban construction of the people's governments of provinces and autonomous regions shall be responsible for the management of city appearance and environmental sanitation in their respective administrative areas. The administrative department of city appearance and environmental sanitation of the Municipal People's Government shall be responsible for the administration of city appearance and environmental sanitation in this administrative area.