Weston, FL Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Chapter 95 Property Maintenance regulates how multi-family developments in Weston store solid waste, and § 95.01(B)(17) is the subsection covering dumpsters and dumpster enclosures. Paragraph (e) draws the line on bulk items: dumpsters, dumpster enclosures, and the surrounding area cannot be used for disposal of furniture and major appliances except during a scheduled bulk pickup by the Solid Waste Contractor, and cannot be used for storage of any other items than described in the section. In practice, a resident of a Weston condominium, townhome, or apartment community cannot stack a mattress, sofa, or refrigerator next to the dumpster enclosure on an ordinary trash day; the item has to wait for the Contractor's scheduled bulk pickup run.

The surrounding paragraphs of § 95.01(B)(17) set the maintenance baseline that goes with this rule: dumpsters must stay free of jagged or sharp edges, all recycling and solid waste containers must sit inside the enclosure, the enclosure must remain closed except during active use, and the Homeowners' Association or property owner must keep the enclosure area clean and request additional capacity or pickup frequency from the Contractor if overflow becomes a recurring problem. Responsibility for this standard falls on the multi-family HOA or the commercial property owner under § 95.01(B), the counterpart to the Single-Family duty in § 95.01(A).

A dumpster area littered with furniture or appliances outside a scheduled bulk run is a property-maintenance violation referred to Chapter 31 Code Enforcement, where a Special Magistrate can impose the same escalating fines that apply across the property maintenance chapter, up to $1,000 per day for a first violation and up to $5,000 per day for a repeat violation, under § 31.22.