Lehi, UT Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Mandatory compliance
- Must follow council-set collection rules
- Self-hauling
- Unlawful outside city's own rules
- Hauling requirement
- Sanitary, tightly covered receptacle
- Street spillage
- Unlawful to let waste fall in street
- Max fine
- $750 individual, $1,000 corporation
Summary
Lehi makes it unlawful for a property owner or occupant to dispose of solid waste or recycling material any way other than through the city's own collection rules, and requires every property to make its waste available for pickup under the council's regulations rather than self-hauling it.
It is unlawful for any owner or his agent or other person having charge of or occupying any property located within the city to remove or dispose of any "solid waste" or "recycling material", as defined in section 5-1-1 of this chapter, other than in accordance with the rules and regulations to be established by resolution of the city council, and the person must make the solid waste and recycling material available for collection and disposal in accordance with the rules and regulations established by resolution of the city council.
Full Breakdown
Section 5-1-2 of the Lehi City Code provides in subsection A that every residential property in the city is provided solid waste and recycling removal service by the city or its hired contractor, and that every person with waste to be collected must pay the minimum charge the city council sets by resolution. " Related pickup-side rules in the same chapter require anyone hauling solid waste on city streets to use a sanitary receptacle that is tightly covered and adequate to prevent spillage or odor under section 5-1-9, and forbid letting waste fall onto or remain in the street during hauling under section 5-1-8. A loaded waste vehicle also cannot be left standing on a public street longer than necessary to load or move it under section 5-1-10.
Violations & Fines
Disposing of solid waste or recycling outside the city's established collection rules, or hauling it without a properly covered receptacle, is a class C misdemeanor under section 5-1-14, carrying the section 1-4-1 penalty of up to $750 for an individual and $1,000 for a corporation, with each day of continuing noncompliance a separate offense.
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