Suffolk Public Works collects household trash weekly and curbside recycling every other week on that same day. There is no single citywide day — look yours up on the city's Refuse Collection by Day map. Carts must be out by 7:00 a.m.
Suffolk runs its own municipal collection through the Department of Public Works: every residence with public roadway access gets weekly household refuse and every-other-week curbside recycling on the same scheduled day. Your day depends on your address, so use the city's "Refuse Collection by Day" map or the online collection-day lookup rather than assuming a day. Collection begins at 7:00 a.m., so carts must be curbside before then. After a City-observed holiday, collection slides one day later for the rest of that week — confirm the current year's holiday schedule at suffolkva.us or by calling Public Works at 757-514-7630. The service fee is billed twice a year on your real estate tax bill.
Refuse set out after the 7:00 a.m. start, or not fitting inside the closed City cart, is left uncollected. The refuse fee is mandatory, billed on your real estate tax bill; accumulated waste draws a Chapter 34 nuisance citation.
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Suffolk does not regulate holiday decorations or lights, and no permit is required. The UDO's sign rules reach a display only if it carries a message and cou...
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Suffolk treats garage-sale signs as temporary yard signs: no permit needed, up to 8 square feet and 4 feet tall on residential property. Signs may not be pla...
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Suffolk regulates political signs as content-neutral temporary yard signs with no permit. In residential districts a yard sign may be up to 8 square feet and...
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Suffolk runs a rental inspection district program. In about 30 named neighborhoods, every residential rental unit needs a city certificate of occupancy after...
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Suffolk has no just-cause eviction ordinance. Under the VRLTA a landlord may end a month-to-month tenancy without giving a reason on 30 days' written notice....
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Suffolk has no rent control, and it cannot adopt one. Virginia is a Dillon's Rule state that grants no locality power to cap rent, so landlords set market ra...
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