Aurora provides weekly trash and recycling collection. Trash must be in approved containers. Containers must be placed at the curb by 6 AM on collection day and removed by the end of collection day. Recycling is single-stream.
Aurora's sanitation division provides weekly curbside trash and recycling collection. Trash must be in approved, secure containers. Containers should be placed at the curb by 6 AM on collection day and brought back by the end of the day. Aurora uses single-stream recycling, accepting paper, cardboard, plastics #1-5 and #7, glass, and metals in one container. Yard waste is collected separately during the growing season. The city's collection guidelines specify accepted materials and proper preparation. Large items require special pickup arrangements.
Improper containers: collection refused. Containers left out: code enforcement warning.
Aurora, IL
Aurora requires vehicles on residential property to be registered, operable, and have current plates. Inoperable or unregistered vehicles must be stored in e...
Aurora, IL
Aurora prohibits commercial vehicles above B-plate classification from parking or storage in residential areas. This includes tow trucks, panel trucks, dump ...
Aurora, IL
Aurora limits residential fences to a maximum height of 6 feet (including posts and end caps), restricts fences within 15 feet of intersecting property lines...
Aurora, IL
Aurora prohibits feeding wildlife that creates nuisance conditions. Trash must be secured to prevent wildlife encounters. The Fox River corridor attracts coy...
Aurora, IL
Aurora requires working smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors in all residences per Illinois law (425 ILCS 60 and 430 ILCS 135). Rental properties ar...
Aurora, IL
Aurora is not in a designated wildfire hazard zone. Illinois does not have wildland-urban interface zones like western states. Standard fire prevention codes...
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