Fort Wayne, IN Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)

the owner, occupant or agent for any commercial or residential property shall cause all refuse (including yard waste and bulky waste), recyclables (excluding leaves placed curbside as a part of the city's fall leaf collection) to be bundled, bagged or contained and stored on such property at a location which is not visible from the street. Compost piles, if any, on such properties shall be sheltered from street view. Garbage and recycling containers and carts provided by the city shall be stored between days of regular collection on the side of the principal structure on the property a minimum of ten feet back from the street side of such structure. No refuse or recyclables shall be stored and no compost pile shall be constructed at any location which impedes pedestrian or vehicular traffic on, over, through or along sidewalks, alleys, streets or other public rights-of-way. Garbage and recycling carts and containers which are located in alleys to facilitate alley collection may be stored in the alley provided such storage does not impede pedestrian or vehicular traffic in or along such alley and/or public right-of-way. (Ord. G-24-96, passed 10-8-96; Am. Ord. G-38-07, passed 12-18- 07; Am. Ord. G- 21-10, passed 12-14-10; Am. Ord. G-18-26, passed 7-14-26) Penalty, see § 50.99