Parma, OH Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Weekday hours
- 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Saturday cutoff
- 4:00 p.m.
- Sunday collection
- Prohibited entirely
- Hauler permit fee
- $20.00 per year
- First-offense penalty
- 3rd-degree misdemeanor, up to $500/60 days
- Exception authority
- Director of Public Service, hardship showing required
Summary
Parma limits solid waste hauling to between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays, no later than 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays, and never on Sundays, under Codified Ordinances Section 737.09. Haulers need an annual $20 permit from the Director of Public Service, and exceptions require a hardship showing.
(a) No person owning or driving a vehicle hauling solid waste shall cause the collection, transportation or transfer of such waste other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. No collection, transportation or transfer shall occur on Saturdays after 4:00 p.m. nor anytime on Sundays. Application for exceptions to this provision may be made to the Director of Public Service, on a form provided by the Director. Such exceptions shall be granted only where the applicant is able to demonstrate circumstances of great practical difficulty in the collection and transportation of solid waste in areas where there is heavy daytime vehicular and pedestrian traffic and a concentration of commercial activity. (b) All vehicles hauling liquid or solid waste within any area of the City shall obtain a permit from the Director prior to any such hauling. (c) The fee for the permit provided for in subsection (b) hereof shall be twenty dollars ($20.00) per year.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-30: Local legislation current to August 3, 2026 | State legislation current to June 25, 2025).
Full Breakdown
09 of the Parma Codified Ordinances, adopted by Ordinance 124-91 in 1991, sets the window during which garbage, rubbish and other solid waste can be collected, transported or transferred anywhere in the City. , and bars any collection, transportation or transfer on Sundays altogether. A hauler that needs to work outside those hours because of great practical difficulty, such as heavy daytime vehicular and pedestrian traffic combined with a concentration of commercial activity, must apply to the Director of Public Service on the Director's form and show that hardship before an exception is granted; the exception is not automatic.
00) per year. Subsection (d) requires open-bodied trucks to run a securely fastened, water- and rip-resistant tarp while hauling. 02's permit and insurance requirements for anyone in the business of waste collection within the City.
Violations & Fines
Hauling, collecting or transporting solid waste outside the Section 737.09(a) hours is enforced under Section 737.99(a): a third-degree misdemeanor for a first offense, punishable by up to a $500 fine or sixty days in jail, or both, rising to a second-degree misdemeanor with up to a $750 fine for a second or subsequent offense.
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