Southampton Village, NY Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)

Section 64-3, Storage restrictions, was added in 1982 and amended in 2012. It applies to property used for nonresidential use in four districts as defined in the Village Zoning Code, Chapter 116: VB (Village Business), HB (Highway Business), OD (Office Business) and HRO (Hampton Road Office). On that property it is unlawful to place or store any trash, garbage or rubbish outside of a building unless two conditions are both met.

The first is the container. The waste must be placed and contained in a secure covered container, and the top or cover must remain closed at all times except when trash, garbage or rubbish is actually being placed in the container or being removed from it for removal from the premises. The second is the screen. The container must be screened from view on all sides by a stockade or similar fully closed fence enclosure at least six feet high, and that enclosure must also remain closed at all times except when waste is actually being placed in the container or removed from it. Section 64-3 states both conditions by reference to the container rather than to a container type or size, so each container holding the waste has to meet them.

Other sections of the Code reach the same operations. Section 58-23 makes it unlawful to maintain in any building or on any premises combustible or dangerous accumulations of rubbish or an unnecessary accumulation of wastepaper, boxes, shavings or highly flammable materials. Article II of Chapter 64 requires a license from the Board of Trustees to convey any slops, garbage, filth, waste or junk through any public street or place. The license fee is $25 per year, and the Board of Trustees can cancel it if the licensee scatters glass or other waste in any public street or place or uses an open receptacle for conveying the waste. Under Chapter 74, residences along streets must keep private receptacles at the rear of the property, anchored or weighted to stay rigid and upright, with a hinged lid or gate and a catch or lock that keeps it closed except when being filled or emptied (§§ 74-3, 74-6).