Jupiter, FL Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)

Sec. 27-2242 applies these standards to multifamily residential and nonresidential properties that use dumpsters for sanitation service, exempting temporary dumpsters placed on construction job sites. Sec. 27-2243 requires every dumpster to sit on the serviced property, accessible for collection by sanitation vehicles, and never inside the right-of-way of a public street or alley. New dumpsters on nonresidential property must be placed at least 75 feet from residentially zoned land, though the director of planning and zoning may approve a smaller setback where the property mixes residential and nonresidential uses, sits on a nonconforming lot, or faces genuine site constraints.

Sec. 27-2244 requires every dumpster to be screened from public streets, rights-of-way and adjoining properties: three sides need a solid opaque masonry enclosure of brick, concrete, concrete block or other decorative masonry matching the development's architecture, and the open end needs a 100 percent solid opaque metal gate with stop pins and self-closing hinges. All exterior sides except the gate need a 24-inch-high continuous shrub row grown and maintained to six feet, spaced 24 inches on center. Recycling enclosures under chapter 16 may connect to the dumpster enclosure.

The enclosure itself must be at least six feet tall, hold minimum clear interior dimensions of ten feet by ten feet unless the town approves a smaller size, and requires its own building permit. The director of planning and zoning may waive, relocate or share dumpster facilities if the town's service provider can still adequately service the site, and gates must remain closed except when the dumpster is actively being serviced.