Hillsborough County Solid Waste Management provides weekly curbside garbage, recycling, and yard waste collection in unincorporated areas. Service funded through annual non-ad valorem assessment on property tax bill. Set-out time is no earlier than 6 PM day before collection.
Hillsborough County Code Chapter 62 governs solid waste. Unincorporated residents receive service from county-contracted haulers (Waste Connections, Republic Services). Weekly garbage, weekly recycling, weekly yard waste. Containers must be placed at curb by 6 AM collection day and removed by 7 AM following day. Tampa has separate municipal collection system. County assessment approximately 240 dollars annually on tax bill.
Early set-out or late removal subject to code enforcement citation. Contamination of recycling cart may result in service refusal.
Dover, FL
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Hillsborough County Animal Control Ordinance treats continuous barking over 10 minutes, or intermittent barking over 30 minutes, as a public nuisance enforce...
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Hillsborough County has no leaf-blower-specific ordinance. Gas blowers are allowed during construction/landscape hours (7 AM to 7 PM) and must not exceed gen...
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