Jonesboro, AR Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required
- For downtown parking spaces/lots
- Permit fee
- $100.00 per 30 days
- Max permit term
- 30 days
- Issued by
- City Collector's Office
- Governing section
- City Code Sec. 66-233
Summary
Placing a dumpster or roll-off container in a downtown Jonesboro parking space or lot requires a permit from the city collector. Sec. 66-233 bans dumpster placement on-street or in public parking lots without one, capped at 30 days for $100.00.
There shall be no placing of dumpsters, other such containers or any other items or equipment in parking spaces on the streets or in the parking lots of the city without obtaining a permit. (1)Permits shall be for a period not to exceed 30 days and purchased from the city collectors office for the sum of $100.00 per 30 days.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 16).
Full Breakdown
Jonesboro Code Sec. 00 per 30-day period, meaning a contractor or business needing a dumpster longer than a month must renew the permit and pay again. The definitions section for this division, Sec. 66-218, defines "dumpster" as "containers designed for receiving, transporting and dumping waste/construction materials," so the permit requirement reaches both trash dumpsters and construction roll-offs placed in downtown parking spaces or lots. Revenue collected from these permits, and from violations of the permit requirement, is deposited into the general fund under a designated downtown parking account per Sec.
66-233(3) and reiterated in Sec. 66-236. This dumpster-placement rule sits within Division 2 of Chapter 66, the downtown parking division, which the city council declared necessary in Sec. 66-216 to relieve congestion and protect property values in the downtown improvement district, so the permit requirement is specific to that district's on-street spaces and public lots rather than a citywide dumpster rule for private lots.
Violations & Fines
Parking a dumpster in a downtown on-street space or public lot without the required permit is punished the same as overtime parking under Sec. 66-231: a $10.00 initial fine rising to $25.00 if unpaid within 14 days, with escalating fines for repeat violations within 60 days and towing or booting exposure after a fourth violation in six months, per Sec. 66-233(2).
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