Heavy Brush and Bulky Items

1. Place Heavy Brush and Bulky items near the curb for collection only during authorized set-out periods. 

2. Separate Heavy Brush items from Bulky Items to prevent contamination and ensure proper handling. 

3. Placement: Brush and Bulky items must generally be placed in the same location as regular garbage. Items may not be placed in the street, gutter, sidewalk, drainage ditch, or in a side yard that adjoins an arterial or collector street. 

4. Heavy Brush items include: Shrubs; tree limbs; bagged grass clipping, weeds, leaves, and mulch; and tree trimmings. 

5. Bulky items include: Furniture, mattresses, box springs, carpet, metal or plastic swing sets, plastic swimming pools, large toys, bicycles, aquarium tanks, large household appliances, and tires (max 4, 20” or smaller).

6. PROHIBITED items include: 

1. Hazardous waste: Household hazardous materials (i.e. asbestos, oil/gas/antifreeze, solvents, batteries, pool chemicals, paint products, pesticides, and poisons) 

2. Construction materials: lumber, fencing, chain-link fencing, wood pallets, rebar, t-posts, concrete, brick, rocks/stone, dirt and sand, roofing materials.

7. Limitations: No pile of brush or bulky items may be greater than 6’ in height, 10’ in length, and 6’ in depth. Customers are limited to ONE truckload of materials during each scheduled Heavy Brush and Bulky collection. An $82.63+tax charge will be applied to your utility bill for each additional load. 

8. Violations and Penalties — Improper set-out of heavy brush or bulky items will result in a Notice of Violation; non-compliance may result in Resource Recovery fees up to $231.00 and/or fines of up to $2,000 per day per violation (i.e. brush/debris on the street or safety/health issues) [Ord. #21-3]. Residents are responsible for removal and collection fees for illegally dumped material. 

Note: Yard waste may be bagged and placed in garbage carts for regular collection.