Apple Valley, MN Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Hauler hours
- 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
- Saturday pickups
- Only for recognized national holidays or a special pick-up
- Hauling zones
- Five daily zones, one for each weekday Monday through Friday
- Off-day collection
- Only missed pickup, special pickup or observed holiday week
- Driveway rule
- No hauler vehicles in private driveways, except driveways over 100 feet
- Governing section
- Apple Valley Code of Ordinances § 50.04(B)(1)(c), (n)
Summary
In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, licensed haulers can make individual residential pickups only between 6:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with Saturday allowed for recognized national holidays or a special pick-up. Each of five daily hauling zones has its own collection day, and haulers cannot collect in a zone on any other day.
(c) No individual residential collection of refuse, recyclables or yard waste shall be made, except between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Individual residential collection operations during these hours may also be conducted on Saturdays, to accommodate recognized national holidays or a special pick-up as herein defined. Customers shall be reasonably notified of the specific day for the collection of their refuse, recyclables and yard waste, and the licensee shall collect the materials within those time periods; ... (n) It is unlawful for any garbage, refuse, yard waste or recyclables collector vehicle to collect any garbage, refuse, yard waste or recyclables within any daily residential hauling zone on any day other than as permitted for the daily residential hauling zone, except to collect a missed pickup, special pickup or when an observed holiday falls within that week.
Full Breakdown
Pickup timing in Apple Valley is regulated on the hauler side, in § 50.04(B)(1) of the Apple Valley Code of Ordinances. Under division (c), no individual residential collection of refuse, recyclables or yard waste can be made except between 6:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The same hours can run on Saturdays to accommodate recognized national holidays or a special pick-up. Customers must be reasonably notified of the specific day for collection, and the hauler must collect within those time periods.
The city is divided into daily residential hauling zones, defined in § 50.01, where garbage, other refuse, recyclables and yard waste are collected on the same day each week. Monday covers north of 160th Street W., south of the northern city limits, west of the eastern city limits and east of Pilot Knob Road. Tuesday covers north of 160th Street W., south of County Road 42, west of Pilot Knob Road and east of the western city limits. Wednesday covers north of County Road 38, south of the 35E and the northern city limits, west of Pilot Knob Road and east of County Road 11 and the western city limits. Thursday covers north of County Road 42, south of County Road 38, west of Galaxie Avenue and east of the western city limits. Friday covers north of County Road 42, south of County Road 38, west of Pilot Knob Road and east of Galaxie Avenue.
Division (n) makes it unlawful for a hauler vehicle to collect within a zone on any day other than the zone's permitted day, except to collect a missed pickup, special pickup or when an observed holiday falls within that week. It also bars hauler vehicles from operating on any street other than an arterial or collector street within a zone on off days. Under division (d), haulers cannot operate in the private driveways of homes with individual residential collection service, with an exception for driveways in excess of 100 feet. Residents put containers out no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before under § 50.02(C).
Violations & Fines
Section 50.04 carries a penalty cross-reference to § 10.99, so a hauler violation is punishable by a fine and jail term up to the misdemeanor maximums in M.S. Chapter 609, with each day a separate offense. Collecting waste without a city license is itself unlawful under § 50.04(A)(1), and the Apple Valley City Council can revoke or refuse to renew a license after mailed written notice and a chance to be heard.
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