Broken Arrow, OK Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Location
- One spot, wheels at curb
- Must be
- Easily accessible
- Not allowed under
- Downspouts or eaves
- Enforcement
- City may refuse pickup
Summary
Broken Arrow requires trash and recycling carts to sit in one accessible curbside spot, clear of cars, mailboxes, and downspouts, under § 12-23(a) of the city code.
(a)Residential garbage/trash and recycling containers required by section 12-22 shall be located at a single place on each premises, which shall be on the street with wheels against the curb from which the collections are made and such place shall also be easily accessible. The city reserves the right to refuse to collect garbage/trash and recyclables from containers which are not easily accessible, blocked by automobiles, mailboxes, or overhead obstacles or do not meet the requirements of this article. Garbage and trash containers shall not be located directly under downspouts or eaves where they will be deluged with water during storms.(b)All the refuse shall be placed at the curb on the evening before collection day.(c)Household containers, recycling and yard waste shall not be placed at the curb prior to 5:00 p.m. the day before collection day.(d)In the interest of a cleaner neighborhood, all refuse containers at the curb shall be removed within 12 hours after being emptied.(e)Commercial garbage and trash containers required by section 12-22 shall be located on each premises to facilitate collection without blocking the roadway adjacent to the premises or the primary access way from the public road onto the premises. Provided that, when collection is effected in an alley way, a temporary blockage of the alley for collection shall be permissible.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 43).
Full Breakdown
Section 12-23(a) of the Broken Arrow Code fixes where residential garbage, trash, and recycling containers required by § 12-22 must sit: a single spot on the street with wheels against the curb, kept easily accessible. The city reserves the right to refuse collection from carts blocked by parked cars, mailboxes, or overhead obstacles, or that otherwise fail to meet the article's requirements, and containers can't sit directly beneath downspouts or roof eaves where storm runoff would soak them. The rule governs placement and access, not visual screening, the general code sets no fence or enclosure mandate for residential carts.
Violations & Fines
Improperly placed or inaccessible containers can simply be skipped by the collection crew under § 12-23(a); chronic uncollected accumulation is a separate offense under § 12-7.
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