Coral Springs, FL Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

Section 8-2 sets the baseline maintenance and screening standard for every garbage and trash receptacle in the city, residential or commercial. Cans and containers holding garbage or trash must be kept tightly closed and in a sanitary condition at all times, not just on collection day, and the area where they're stored between pickups has to be substantially hidden from eye-level view from adjacent properties and the public street right-of-way. The code names three acceptable screening methods: shrubbery, a wall, or fencing material, any of which satisfies the requirement if it blocks the receptacle from a neighbor's or passerby's eye-level sightline.

Recycling containers get an added condition beyond screening and sanitation: § 8-2 requires that they be used solely for the collection of designated recyclable materials, so a recycling bin filled with household garbage is itself a violation independent of how it's stored. This section pairs with the container definitions in § 8-1, which describe city-owned recycling containers and the garbage cans, curb service, and backdoor service arrangements the compulsory collection program uses. Because the screening duty runs continuously, not just between collections, code compliance officers can cite a property for an exposed can even on a non-collection day if it sits unscreened in view of the street or a neighboring lot.