Longview, TX Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 49-3
- Who sets placement rules
- Director of Public Works
- Rule form required
- written, public rules
- Unauthorized cart emptying
- unlawful under § 49-17
- Covers
- location, count, collection days/times
Summary
Longview delegates garbage cart placement, collection days/times, and container limits to written Public Works rules rather than fixing numbers in City Code § 49-3 itself.
The Director of Public Works or said person's designee shall promulgate rules for the operation of the City's garbage collection services. Such rules must be consistent with this article and may include, without limitation, rules specifying collection holidays, unacceptable wastes, collection days and times, acceptable locations for placement of containers for collection, the maximum number of containers to be placed for collection at any one time... Such rules shall be in writing and shall be made available to the public.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: June 2026: This code is current through Ordinances 4635 passed 06.25.26).
Full Breakdown
City Code § 49-3 puts the Director of Public Works in charge of writing the actual rules for garbage cart placement: acceptable curb locations, the maximum number of containers a household can set out at once, and collection days and times. The ordinance doesn't fix those numbers itself; it requires the Director's rules to be in writing and made available to the public. Separately, § 49-17 makes it unlawful for anyone but a city employee to empty garbage cans or haul trash on city streets, alleys, and thoroughfares without a written permit from the city sanitarian.
Violations & Fines
Emptying or hauling someone else's garbage cart on city streets without a city sanitarian's permit violates § 49-17. Ignoring the Public Works Director's published placement, count, or set-out-time rules issued under § 49-3 can also draw code enforcement action.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Longview's code state exactly where to put my garbage cart?
Can someone else empty or take my garbage cart to the curb?
Sources & Official References
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