Greece, NY Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Enclosure requirement
- Screened enclosure or inside a building
- Exempt uses
- One- and two-family residential dumpsters
- Outdoor storage hours
- 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. restricted
- Storage container ban
- Barred in all districts except PL
- First-offense fine
- Up to $1,000 or 6 months jail
Summary
Greece requires that refuse containers on any property other than a one- or two-family home be kept inside a building or in a screened enclosure hidden from public view. The zoning code separately defines outdoor storage of any trailer or container, including roll-offs, left out between 5 p.m. and 9 a.m. outside an enclosed structure.
§ 211-31: Except for one-family or two-family residential uses, refuse containers shall be stored either inside of a building or within an enclosure which screens said containers from public view. ... OUTDOOR STORAGE: The keeping, locating, storing, stockpiling, maintaining, housing or placing of any goods, material or equipment of whatever kind or nature or any vehicles, vessels, trucks, trailers, buses or any parts thereof or any trailer or storage container, including rolloffs, between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. in any location other than within an enclosed building or structure enclosed with walls and a roof. ... § 211-28D: The storage of goods, merchandise or materials in trailers or containers shall not be permitted in any district with the exception of the PL District (Public Land).
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4702072; v22 updated 2025-08-21; through 08-21-2025).
Full Breakdown
Section 211-31 of Greece's Zoning Code, Refuse container enclosures, requires that except for one-family or two-family residential uses, refuse containers be stored either inside a building or within an enclosure that screens them from public view; a commercial dumpster or roll-off left sitting exposed in a parking lot or side yard does not meet that standard. anywhere other than inside an enclosed building or a structure enclosed with walls and a roof, meaning an uncovered dumpster left out overnight in most zoning districts is treated as regulated outdoor storage.
Section 211-28D goes further for containers used to store goods or merchandise, barring the storage of goods or materials in trailers or containers in any district except the PL (Public Land) District, though it allows a construction trailer on a residential, commercial or industrial job site under a permit for the duration of construction only. Read together, these provisions mean a business placing a roll-off or dumpster on its lot in Greece has to enclose or screen it from public view, and cannot rely on leaving a storage trailer or container out overnight without meeting the enclosed-building standard or holding a specific construction permit.
Violations & Fines
An unscreened commercial dumpster or an overnight roll-off left outside an enclosed structure violates §§ 211-28, 211-30 or 211-31 of the Zoning Code and is punishable under § 211-72: up to $1,000 or six months in jail for a first offense, rising to $2,500 to $10,000 for a third offense within five years, with each week of continued violation charged separately.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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