Baytown, TX Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Holiday rule
- Garbage/heavy trash deferred, not skipped
- Deferred to
- Next scheduled collection day
- Applies to
- Garbage (86-68) & heavy trash (86-69)
- Not covered
- Yard waste and brush holiday shifts
- Holiday list source
- City administrative calendar
- Improper set-out fine
- Up to $500 (Sec. 1-14)
Summary
When a city holiday falls on a scheduled garbage day, Baytown does not skip the pickup, it slides it. Sec. 86-68 states that regular collection on official city holidays is deferred to the next scheduled collection day, and Sec. 86-69 carries heavy trash along on that same delayed date since it rides with the garbage truck.
Sec. 86-68. - Garbage. The collection of garbage shall be made on a regularly scheduled basis twice weekly. On official city holidays, the regular collection will be deferred until the next scheduled day of collection. Sec. 86-69. - Heavy trash. The collection of heavy trash shall be made at the same time as the collection of garbage as prescribed in section 86-68.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 83 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Baytown's garbage collection runs twice weekly under Sec. 86-68, and the same section addresses what happens when a pickup day lands on an official city holiday: the collection is not canceled outright but deferred until the next scheduled collection day. Because Sec. 86-69 ties heavy trash pickup to "the same time as the collection of garbage as prescribed in section 86-68," a holiday shift for garbage automatically pushes heavy trash pickup back by the same amount. The code does not carve out a separate holiday rule for yard waste or brush; Sec.
86-70's weekly yard waste schedule and Sec. 86-71's monthly brush schedule are not addressed by the Sec. 86-68 holiday-deferral language, so residents should expect only garbage and heavy trash days to move around an official city holiday. Chapter 86 itself does not publish the list of "official city holidays"; that determination sits with the city's administrative calendar, and a resident whose garbage day falls on or after a city holiday should expect pickup to land one collection cycle later than usual.
Violations & Fines
There is no separate penalty tied to the holiday-deferral rule itself since it only shifts the city's own pickup date; residents are not penalized for a late holiday collection. However, Sec. 86-31(b)'s general prohibition on placing garbage, heavy trash, yard waste, or brush in the street, alley, or gutter still applies during a holiday delay, and a violation carries the standard fine under Sec. 1-14, up to $500 per offense, if a resident sets waste out and lets it sit or spill rather than waiting for the deferred pickup.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Baytown skip trash pickup on holidays?
Does a holiday delay affect heavy trash pickup too?
Does a city holiday delay yard waste or brush pickup in Baytown?
Sources & Official References
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