Rochester provides weekly curbside trash via DES using Big Blue/Green totes. Monroe County towns contract private haulers (Waste Management, Suburban Disposal). Bins out by 7 AM on collection day.
City of Rochester Department of Environmental Services (DES) handles curbside collection using Big Blue recycling totes and Big Green trash totes on a weekly schedule funded by the refuse fee on property taxes. Monroe County towns (Greece, Irondequoit, Brighton, Henrietta, Webster, Penfield, Pittsford) do not provide municipal collection; residents contract private haulers such as Waste Management, Suburban Disposal, Casella, or Feher Rubbish Removal. Bins must be at curb by 7 AM on pickup day. Holiday delays shift collection one day (New Year's, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas). Rochester 311 handles missed-pickup reports.
Rochester improper set-out: $50 to $200 under Municipal Code Ch. 70. Missed private hauler pickups are contract disputes, not code violations. Illegal dumping: $500 to $5,000.
Gates, NY
The Town of Gates regulates noise through its Code (eCode360 ID GA0050) and refers many quiet-hours questions to New York State Penal Law Section 240.20 (dis...
Monroe County, NY
City of Rochester prohibits on-street parking 2 AM to 6 AM year-round under Municipal Code §111-5 (alternate side not in effect; blanket overnight ban). Resi...
Monroe County, NY
Monroe County towns specify approved fence materials in zoning codes. Wood, vinyl, chain-link, and wrought iron standard. Barbed wire banned in residential z...
Monroe County, NY
NY State Uniform Code (Residential Code §R404) requires engineered design for retaining walls over 4 feet measured from bottom of footing. Monroe County muni...
Monroe County, NY
Monroe County does not have a separate countywide smoke-alarm ordinance; smoke-alarm requirements come from the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Bu...
Monroe County, NY
Monroe County is not designated a high wildfire hazard area. No defensible space requirements. NY DEC Part 215 brush burn ban (March 16 – May 14) is the prim...
See how Gates's pickup rules & schedules rules stack up against other locations.
Help us keep this page accurate. If you notice an error or outdated information, let us know.