Jacksonville Beach, FL Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

Section 27-29 puts the timing duty on the customer: it is the customer's responsibility to place solid waste material in approved receptacles at the appropriate location for collection before 7:00 a.m. on the appropriate collection day. The same section says the franchisee provides residential and small commercial collection between the hours set forth in the city's solid waste franchise contract, so the pickup window is a contract term and the 7:00 a.m. deadline is the code term. Section 27-30(a) fixes the location. All customers receiving residential and small commercial collection under the franchise contract place receptacles and all other items at the curbside, unless the franchisee has agreed to provide a special service collection at another location.

Section 27-1 defines the curbside collection point as the area on or adjacent to the driveway within five (5) feet of, and in no case more than ten (10) feet from, the street or roadway, and not by the driving surface of the street or roadway or in the drainage gutter or drainage swale or ditch. Section 27-30(c) covers bad containers. A receptacle that fails the article's standards is clearly marked by the franchisee or another city representative, and the person furnishing it must remove it from service before the next scheduled collection day.

If that person does not act after written notice, the franchisee or city representative removes it from service. Section 27-21(g) sets a seven (7) day period after written notice for the same removal. Section 27-1 describes the receptacle itself as a watertight container of three to forty gallons with a tight-fitting lid, weighing not more than fifty (50) pounds. Multifamily and commercial properties use the dumpster-type containers described in Section 27-21(b) rather than curbside carts.