Taylor, TX Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)

Section 28-29(d) of the city's landscape requirements chapter requires that off-street loading spaces, refuse and outside storage areas, antennas, satellite dishes, and mechanical equipment located in the street yard be screened from all public streets. The screen has to be at least six feet tall, or tall enough to fully obscure the dumpster or equipment if that is less than six feet, and it can be built from plants, a solid fence or wall, or a combination of the two; artificial plant material does not count toward meeting the requirement.

This screening duty is part of the same article that sets minimum landscaped-area percentages by land use, from 15 percent of impervious coverage for commercial and retail sites up to 25 percent for multifamily and manufactured home parks, and it applies citywide to new construction of any non-single-family property, though single-family homes, the Central Business District, the municipal airport, and agriculturally zoned land are exempt. Recreational vehicle parks face a parallel, RV-specific rule: Section 16-79 separately requires at least two fly-tight, watertight, rodent-proof dumpsters for the first 100 sites, with the dumpster screened from public view. 00, a step many commercial customers take to stop unauthorized dumping or scavenging.