Tazewell County, IL Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Covering requirement
- Vehicle must prevent contents from falling/leaking
- Spill responsibility
- Owner must retrieve immediately
- Overnight parking
- Banned if it creates a nuisance
- State law adopted
- 55 ILCS 5/5-8002
- Maximum fine
- $750 per day, Sec. 10.99
Summary
Tazewell County requires garbage collection vehicles serving the unincorporated county to be covered and controlled so nothing falls out, makes vehicle owners immediately retrieve any spilled refuse, and bans overnight parking of loaded collection trucks where it creates a nuisance.
(B) Such vehicle shall be so constructed, covered, managed, and controlled so as to prevent any part of the contents thereof from falling, leaking, or spilling. (C) Garbage, refuse, and rubbish that is allowed to blow from or drop off any garbage vehicle is the responsibility of such vehicle owner to retrieve immediately. (D) Overnight parking of loaded garbage collection vehicles on public or private property so as to create a nuisance is prohibited.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-7: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. LU-21-12, passed 9-29-2021; and Res. LU-26-09, passed 7-29-2026).
Full Breakdown
49, GARBAGE AND REFUSE VEHICLES, adopts the state permitting scheme at 55 ILCS 5/5-8002 and then layers on operating rules for the trucks that haul garbage, landscape waste and recyclable material in unincorporated Tazewell County. Division (B) requires collection vehicles to be constructed, covered, managed and controlled so no part of their contents can fall, leak or spill in transit. Division (C) puts the burden on the vehicle owner to retrieve immediately any garbage, refuse or rubbish that blows or drops off a truck, rather than leaving it for the county or property owners to clean up.
Division (D) separately bars overnight parking of loaded garbage collection vehicles on public or private property when doing so creates a nuisance. These operating rules sit downstream of the equipment-permit requirement in division (A), which requires the County Health Department to issue a written permit, kept in the vehicle at all times, before commercial equipment may collect garbage, landscape waste or recyclable material in the county. Chapter 91's nuisance definitions in Sec. 45 back this up, since spilled or blown garbage that accumulates on private property can independently qualify as unlawful litter under Sec. 46.
Violations & Fines
No specific fine is written into Sec. 91.49(B) through (D). Under Sec. 91.99(A), a Chapter 91 violation without its own stated penalty defaults to the county's general penalty at Sec. 10.99: a fine of not more than $750 for each violation, with every day the violation continues treated as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a garbage truck park overnight in unincorporated Tazewell County with a full load?
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Do garbage collection trucks need a county permit?
Sources & Official References
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