Spring Hill, TN Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

Two sections of the Spring Hill Municipal Code control where a garbage cart sits. Section 17-203(C) defines curbside as that portion of right-of-way adjacent to paved or traveled city roadways, including alleys, and says containers shall be placed as close to the roadway as practicable without interfering with or endangering the movement of vehicles or pedestrians. When construction work is being performed in the right-of-way, containers go as close as practicable to an access point for the collection vehicle. The contractor will also pick up additional bags or boxes placed at curbside beside the containers, as long as the service is not, in the contractor's opinion, abused by the resident.

Section 17-203(B) tells each producer to place refuse in a container, bag or bundle on each collection date as close as possible to the paved portion of the street abutting the principal residence, and except in cases of undue hardship, all collections are from the street. Timing comes from § 17-203(A)(1): carts must be at curbside by 7:00 a.m. on the designated collection day. The retrieval rule is § 17-211: garbage is transported to the curb of the street of the producer on the date of collection for that location, and after that date the cart is removed from the curb to the rear or side of the principal building on the property until the next collection date.

The code prints no separate screening standard beyond that removal duty. Containers must also be covered and rodent and insect proof under § 17-103. Section 16-108 makes it unlawful to permit or cause the obstruction of a drainage ditch in a public right-of-way, which is a reason to keep carts off ditches.