Loveland, CO Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Restricted hours near homes
- 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Residential buffer distance
- 300 feet
- Zoning map source
- city planning division, on request
- Container tampering
- unlawful under § 7.16.200
- Unpaid fee grace period
- 30 days before lien notice
- License enforcement
- suspension or revocation after hearing
Summary
Loveland Municipal Code § 7.16.160 keeps garbage and recycling trucks out of residential-zoned districts between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., barring collectors from operating within 300 feet of low- and high-density residential zoning to protect sleeping neighborhoods from early or late hauling noise.
No collector shall operate any vehicle for the purpose of collection of solid waste or recyclable materials within 300 feet of any district in the city zoned as follows: established low-density residential, developing low-density residential, established high-density residential, developing high-density residential, and developing two-family residential between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. A zoning district map shall be available from the city planning division upon request.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
140. , and the city planning division keeps a zoning map available on request so collectors and residents can check a given block. 210 requires leakproof containers or vehicles so refuse cannot blow or leak onto city streets, with an immediate cleanup duty if it does. 230 for unoccupied premises or multifamily accounts using an alternate hauler. 250, if not paid within 30 days of billing, followed by a certified-mail notice giving ten more days before the lien attaches, with a ten percent penalty if it is certified to the county treasurer for tax-roll collection.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 7.16 violations, including a collector running trucks in the restricted 300-foot residential buffer during the 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. window, are punishable under LMC Chapter 1.12. The City Manager may also suspend or revoke a collector's license after notice and hearing under § 7.16.180, and tampering with someone else's set-out containers under § 7.16.200 is a separate unlawful act.
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