In the county's mandatory-collection area, household waste is collected at least twice a week. County-franchised haulers must collect residential garbage at least twice weekly and rubbish at least once weekly, and holidays do not reduce the number of pickups.
Only county-franchised collectors may provide residential service (section 82-131). Garbage is collected at least twice weekly, rubbish at least once weekly, and the collector must pick up garbage and rubbish up to two 20-gallon receptacles plus up to one cubic yard of curbside rubbish per week. In the mandatory-collection area (south of Stone Container Road and Kingsfield Road, east of U.S. 29 and CR 297-A), every owner of five-or-fewer living units must subscribe (section 82-171). Waste is set within four feet of the road right-of-way at the driveway (section 82-172).
Failing to subscribe or otherwise violating Chapter 82 is a second-degree misdemeanor under section 82-23; the administrator may remove waste at the owner's expense.
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