Lauderhill, FL Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Enforcing agency
- Code enforcement division
- Container location
- Rear or side, not curb
- Front placement window
- Weekend before pickup only
- Removal deadline
- 6:00 p.m. day of pickup
- 4th violation fee
- $50, rising to $500
- Missing service penalty
- Up to $500 or 30 days
Summary
In the City of Lauderhill, garbage and trash receptacles belong at the rear or side of a home or business, not the curb, except in the days right around collection. Every occupied unit must carry franchised collection service, and repeat container violations escalate from a warning to a $500 fine.
(a)All garbage and trash receptacles as provided for herein shall be maintained only at the rear or side of any residence or business establishment within the city. For front door garbage and trash pickup, such garbage and trash receptacles may be placed at the front of any resident or business establishment within the city not prior to the weekend before the scheduled date of pickup; and said garbage and trash receptacles must be removed from the front of any residence or business establishment not later than 6:00 p.m. upon the day of the said pickup for collection of garbage and trash at the said residence or business establishment. ... Each occupied dwelling unit and each business or commercial establishment must obtain adequate garbage and trash collection service from that company or organization franchised by the city to provide such garbage and trash collection within the city limits.
Full Breakdown
City Code Section 10-4 requires that garbage and trash receptacles stay at the rear or side of a residence or business except for front-door pickup: containers may only move to the front no earlier than the weekend before the scheduled pickup date and must be pulled back by 6:00 p.m. the day of collection. Section 10-6 requires every occupied dwelling unit and business to obtain collection service from the company franchised by the city, billed quarterly for smaller buildings; tenants cannot carry the account, though condo associations may pay on residents' behalf.
Placement violations run on a rolling 12-month schedule enforced by the code enforcement division through garbage violation notices billed on the water/utility account: the first three violations draw a warning only, the fourth costs $50, the fifth and sixth $75 each, the seventh and eighth $100 each, the ninth and tenth $250 each, and the eleventh and beyond $500 each. Unpaid fees add a 10 percent penalty after 30 days and go to a collection agency after 90 days, with the violator liable for the agency's costs and legal fees.
A resident may appeal a garbage violation notice in writing to the chief code enforcement officer within 10 days; a decision adverse to the resident can be appealed further to the city manager within 30 days, and posting a bond equal to the fine pauses enforcement while the appeal is pending.
Violations & Fines
Failing to keep receptacles at the required location or leaving them out past 6:00 p.m. on pickup day draws escalating garbage violation notices under Section 10-4, from a warning for the first three violations in a rolling 12-month period up to $500 per violation after the tenth. Fees unpaid after 90 days go to a collection agency at the violator's expense. Skipping franchised collection service entirely under Section 10-6 carries a separate fine or imprisonment of up to $500 or 30 days, or both.
Frequently Asked Questions
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