Frisco, TX Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)

Chapter 74, Article II sets construction standards for the recycling and refuse enclosures required at new commercial and multifamily development. Section 74-20 triggers the requirement for commercial sites that get an approved site plan and meet any one of three thresholds: 20 or more employees, more than 2,000 square feet of contiguous HVAC space, or a multi-tenant building with centralized refuse collection; those properties must build at least one singlewide refuse enclosure and one singlewide recycling enclosure, which can be combined into a doublewide or triplewide structure.

Section 74-21 sets a separate, larger trigger for multifamily: any property with 30 or more living units must build at least one triplewide recycling enclosure in addition to its refuse enclosures. Both sections specify enclosure sizes by 'net enclosure opening': a singlewide runs 12 feet to 23 feet 11 inches, a doublewide 24 feet to 35 feet 11 inches, and a triplewide 36 feet to 45 feet 11 inches. Enclosures must sit at least 100 feet from any adjacent residential district boundary (50 feet from a residential apartment building at multifamily sites), with trash compactors set back 150 feet, and must be screened on at least three sides by a masonry wall 6 to 10 feet high; multifamily enclosures also require a maintained evergreen perimeter screen.

Enclosures need 25 feet of overhead clearance for lifting, a 15-foot inside turning radius within a 30-foot approach for collection trucks, and gate openings angled no more than 30 degrees off the collection route centerline. The city manager administers the program under Section 74-22 and can withhold a certificate of occupancy from a noncompliant property.