Pharr, TX Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Placement
- Within property line, adjacent to alley
- Rack height
- Level with fence, up to 5 ft above
- Who decides
- Sanitation director designates location
- Applies to
- Residential and commercial containers
Summary
Pharr requires solid waste containers placed for alley collection to sit inside the subscriber's property line next to the alley, with a platform rack keeping the container level with or up to five feet above the fence line.
Where the sanitation director has determined that alley collection is the most efficient collection process, solid waste containers shall be placed within the property line of the subscriber in a location adjacent to the alley nearest to such residence or commercial establishment... If a fence separates the alley from the lot where the container is located, a platform rack for the container shall be constructed so that the top of the container shall be not lower than level with the top of the fence nor higher than five feet above the bottom of the fence or the ground at the fence.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 44).
Full Breakdown
When the sanitation director designates alley collection as the most efficient method for a residence or commercial establishment, containers, including commercial dumpsters, must be placed within the property line, adjacent to the alley, in a spot the sanitation director finds easily accessible. If a fence separates the alley from the container's lot, the subscriber must build a platform rack so the container top sits no lower than the top of the fence and no higher than five feet above the fence's base or the ground at the fence. The sanitation director can override a subscriber's chosen spot and order a different location; noncompliance with that order is itself a violation.
Violations & Fines
Violating a sanitation director's placement order, or failing to build a required rack, is a violation of Chapter 110; general Code of Ordinances violations carry fines under Sec. 1-6.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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