Flint, MI Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Location/size approval
- Superintendent of Waste Collection
- Installation permit
- DPW and Utilities, fee under Ch. 26
- Minimum capacity
- 2 weeks' worth of refuse
- Permit status
- revocable for cause
Summary
Large moveable trash receptacles, roll-offs and commercial dumpsters, need the Superintendent of Waste Collection's sign-off on location and size, plus a separate Department of Public Works and Utilities installation permit.
The locations, size and nature of large moveable receptacles shall be approved by the Superintendent of Waste Collection.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2016 Code: Local legislation current through Ordinance 3821, passed 3-1-2012).
Full Breakdown
Before a large moveable receptacle goes in, its location, size and type must be approved by the Superintendent of Waste Collection. Installation itself additionally requires a permit from the Department of Public Works and Utilities, issued only after payment of the fee set in Chapter 26. Whoever holds the permit must provide enough receptacle capacity to hold two weeks' worth of accumulated refuse, and the Department can revoke the permit for cause at any time.
Violations & Fines
The ordinance gives the Department of Public Works and Utilities standing authority to revoke a large-receptacle permit for cause; it does not set a separate fine schedule for operating one without approval.
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