Parma provides weekly curbside trash and recycling collection through the Service Department. Containers must be placed curbside no earlier than 6 PM the day before pickup and removed by 8 PM the day of collection. Holiday schedules push pickup one day later.
Parma Service Department handles municipal trash collection on a weekly route schedule by neighborhood. Parma Codified Ordinance Chapter 1046 (Refuse and Recycling Collection) governs placement, container standards, and prohibited items. Automated collection uses wheeled carts provided by the city. Yard waste collected seasonally April-November in paper bags or open containers (no plastic bags).
Early placement or late removal: warning then fines up to 150 dollars under CO 501.99. Improper containers or unacceptable materials result in non-collection with notice tag.
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Parma Codified Ordinance 634.04 Table I sets receiving-land-use decibel caps measured at the property boundary: 60 dBA in residential areas from 8 AM to 9 PM...
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Parma Codified Ordinance 634.03(b) caps outdoor amplified music at places of public entertainment at 50 dBB measured at the property line of residentially zo...
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Retaining walls in Parma fall under Chapter 1707 Basic Standards for Property Maintenance, which requires accessory structures and walls to be kept structura...
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Parma may permit backyard chickens with limits on flock size and setbacks. Roosters typically banned in residential zones. Livestock restricted by zoning.
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Parma permits recreational fire pits under Ohio Fire Code 307.4 provisions. Fires must be contained to a pit no larger than 3 feet in diameter and 2 feet hig...
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Backyard recreational fires in Parma are allowed under Ohio Fire Code 307.4 provisions but subject to local restrictions. Fires must be for recreation or coo...
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