Lauderhill, FL Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Collection holiday
- Christmas Day, every year
- MLK Day
- Holiday only if contractor's Broward drivers get it off
- Contractor
- Waste Management, Inc. of Florida
- Franchise term
- Oct. 1, 2019 to Sept. 30, 2025
- Authority
- Code of Ordinances, App. G, Art. III, Exhibit C
- Last amended
- Resolution No. 24R-09-215
Summary
In the City of Lauderhill, residential trash and recycling pickup does not run on Christmas Day, and skips Martin Luther King Day too if the collection contractor gives its drivers that day off across Broward County. The rule sits in Exhibit C to the city's solid waste franchise agreement with Waste Management, Inc. of Florida, codified in Appendix G, Article III of the Code of Ordinances.
EXHIBIT "C" LIST OF HOLIDAYS Collection Holiday: Christmas Day and Martin Luther King Day* ... *Martin Luther King Day shall only be a collection holiday only if Contractor provides this holiday off to its drivers throughout Broward County, Florida.
Full Breakdown
Appendix G, Article III of the Code of Ordinances codifies the city's solid waste franchise: the agreement with Waste Management, Inc. of Florida is approved commencing October 1, 2019 and running through September 30, 2025, under the Second Revised Amendment approved by Resolution No. 24R-09-215. Exhibit C to that franchise, titled 'List of Holidays,' names exactly two 'Collection Holidays': Christmas Day, which is a no-pickup day every year, and Martin Luther King Day, which counts as a collection holiday only if the contractor also gives its own drivers that day off throughout Broward County generally, not just in Lauderhill.
No other date, not Thanksgiving, New Year's Day, Memorial Day or Independence Day, appears on this list, so the franchise agreement does not treat them as automatic no-collection days. Exhibit C separately lists 'Office Holidays' as a schedule the contractor proposes and submits to the city manager for review and approval, distinct from the collection-holiday list that determines whether trucks run. Exhibits A and B of the same appendix set the franchise's residential rate schedule and delinquent-account late fees, including a late charge on balances over 30 days past due and a nonsufficient-funds charge tied to F.S. § 68.065 and City Code § 14-8, but neither exhibit addresses the collection-day schedule itself.
The ordinance history behind Exhibit C runs from Ord. No. 95-145 in 1995 through Ord. No. 25O-09-138 in 2025, showing the holiday list has been amended repeatedly as the franchise has been renewed.
Violations & Fines
Exhibit C is a franchise term set by City Commission ordinance, not a fine schedule aimed at residents: only a further ordinance amending Appendix G, Article III can add or drop a recognized collection holiday. Residents who violate the container, placement or sorting rules elsewhere in Chapter 10 around a holiday shift still face the Code's general penalty, § 1-8: up to a $500 fine, 60 days in jail, or both, with each day of continuation a separate violation.
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