Tinley Park, IL Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Storage location
- Behind or alongside building, out of street view
- Earliest set-out
- 4:00 p.m. day before collection
- Latest removal
- 8:00 p.m. day of collection
- Holidays
- Excluded from the removal deadline
- Fine range
- $25 to $500 per offense (§ 96.99)
Summary
Tinley Park requires garbage containers to sit behind or alongside a home's principal or accessory building, out of street view, between pickups. Carts may go to the curb no earlier than 4:00 p.m. the day before collection and must come back in by 8:00 p.m. the day of collection under § 96.08, with fines reaching $500 for violations.
Containers shall be stored in, behind, or alongside of the principal or accessory buildings on a lot out of view from the street in a neat and orderly fashion. Containers shall be placed in the parkway not prior to 4:00 p.m. the day preceding collection and removed from the parkway not later than 8:00 p.m. the day of collection, holidays excluded.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-40: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ordinance 2026-O-007, passed 2-17-2026, Resolution 2018-R-077, passed 10-2-18, and State legislation current through 2010 Pamphlet No. 7).
Full Breakdown
08 of the Village Code sets both a storage rule and a set-out window for garbage containers. Between collections, containers must be stored in, behind, or alongside the principal or accessory building on the lot, out of view from the street, in a neat and orderly fashion, so carts cannot sit at the curb or in a driveway all week. the day of collection, with holidays excluded from that removal deadline. 07: a commercially manufactured container with a close-fitting cover and handles, holding no less than 20 and no more than 35 gallons, with total contents not exceeding 50 pounds.
Refuse too large or heavy for the container, such as construction debris, may be placed alongside it as long as it cannot be scattered. Plastic bags outside the container may only hold dry refuse; wet garbage such as food scraps must go in a metal or hard plastic container with a tight-fitting lid. 99.
Violations & Fines
Any violation of the container storage or set-out time requirements in § 96.08 is punishable under § 96.99: a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $500 per offense, with each day a violation continues treated as a separate and distinct offense. Code Enforcement can cite a resident for carts left visible from the street between pickups or set out earlier than 4:00 p.m. the day before collection.
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