Lauderhill, FL Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Sec. 10-6 of the Lauderhill Code requires every occupied dwelling unit and every business or commercial establishment to obtain adequate garbage and trash collection service from the company or organization franchised by the city to provide that service within city limits; service cannot be skipped or self-hauled outside the franchise. For buildings with four or fewer residential units, each occupied unit must separately contract for service, is billed as an individual account, and is invoiced quarterly in advance at the rate the city sets by ordinance for individual single-family residences.

The duty to obtain and pay for service falls on the building owner, not on tenants, with one carve-out: condominium units are exempt from this individual-owner requirement when the condominium association itself obtains and pays for collection service on the units' behalf. This structure means a landlord cannot pass the contracting obligation to a renter and expect the city to treat the tenant as the responsible party. The mandatory-service rule traces to Ord. No. 137 (August 31, 1970), with amendments through Ord. No. 93-169 in 1993, showing the franchise-service model has governed Lauderhill trash collection for over five decades.

Chapter 10 opens with definitions at Sec. 10-1 distinguishing garbage (kitchen and food-related waste) from trash (grass cuttings, leaves and other rubbish), and Sec. 10-5 separately requires commercial establishments and public buildings to place collection receptacles at one point accessible within ten feet of the street or alley right-of-way for collection vehicles.