Millcreek, PA Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)

Zoning Code § 145-33 governs waste and recycling receptacles on nonresidential land. Subsection A requires receptacles for municipal waste, recyclable materials or other materials to be entirely screened or enclosed by an eight-foot-tall complete visual barrier type of fence wall, or hedge. Subsection B adds a servicing curfew: receptacles and compactors on a nonresidential lot that is contiguous or adjacent to, or abuts, a residentially zoned property cannot be accessed for pickup, delivery or removal between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Siting is a second layer. Section 145-98C, in the loading, servicing and circulation section of the zoning chapter, requires an adequate area screened from public view for dumpsters and the disposal of waste, with dumpster locations in the rear of a parking lot out of view from public streets where feasible.

Chapter 110 covers how the dumpster itself is used. For a property designated a commercial pickup that is not on the Township residential contract, § 110-4B(8) requires municipal waste and recyclables to be properly stored within an appropriately sized dumpster or toter and fully contained within it. Section 110-6C(4) requires all garbage containers, including cans, toters, bagsters and dumpsters, to be kept in a sanitary condition, in places accessible to the collector, with sufficient shelter to prevent freezing to the ground. Section 110-4A(3) makes the responsible party for a commercial pickup contract with a hauling firm and make adequate provision for proper placement of materials for collection, and § 110-10F lets the Recycling Department direct more frequent pickup if a nuisance develops under Chapter 40, Article II. The bagster 30-day limit in § 110-6D(10) is written for residential properties.