Tinley Park, IL Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Standard hours
- 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (§ 96.09(A))
- Industrial-zoned hours
- 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Applies to
- All contractors and private scavenger services
- Penalty
- $25-$500 fine per offense (§ 96.99)
Summary
Village Code § 96.09(A) makes it unlawful for any garbage disposal contractor or scavenger service to collect garbage, refuse, or ashes in Tinley Park outside set hours: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. village-wide, or 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. in territory zoned Industrial, with violations fined under § 96.99.
(A) It shall be unlawful for anyone, including but not limited to garbage disposal contractors or private scavenger services, to collect garbage, refuse, or ashes in the village other than during the following hours. (1) Territories in the village except those zoned Industrial: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (2) Territories in the village zoned Industrial: 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-40: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ordinance 2026-O-007, passed 2-17-2026, Resolution 2018-R-077, passed 10-2-18, and State legislation current through 2010 Pamphlet No. 7).
Full Breakdown
09(A) restricts when garbage, refuse, or ashes may be collected anywhere in Tinley Park. m. , reflecting that industrial areas back up to fewer residences that would be disturbed by early trucks. The rule applies to anyone doing the collecting, not just the village's designated single-family hauler, so a private scavenger service under contract with a commercial property or multi-family building is bound by the same hours. , is violating the collection-hours rule even if the container itself was properly set out on the correct day.
Enforcement runs through the village's code enforcement function, and because the restriction is written as a blanket prohibition on collecting outside the stated hours rather than a permit system, there is no variance process in the chapter itself for an early or late run; a hauler needing an exception would have to seek village approval outside this section.
Violations & Fines
Collecting garbage, refuse, or ashes outside the hours fixed by § 96.09(A), before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. in most of the village, or before 6:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. in territory zoned Industrial, is unlawful and punishable under § 96.99 by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $500, with each day of a continuing violation constituting a separate offense.
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