Greenburgh, NY Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Leaf season
- Generally October through December
- Set-out method
- Authorized bags or receptacles only
- Right-of-way piles
- Banned year-round
- Liability presumption
- Abutting property owner responsible
- Penalty
- $150 to $500 fine per offense
- Dismissal option
- Proof of 48-hour removal
Summary
Greenburgh runs a designated leaf-collection season, generally October through December, when leaves must go out in authorized bags or receptacles rather than loose piles. Piling leaves on a street, sidewalk or right-of-way is banned outright, and Greenburgh Code § 410-9.F sets a leaf-specific fine of $150 to $500 per offense.
(1) During the period designated by the Commissioner of Public Works for leaf collection (generally October through December), leaves for pickup and collection must be placed in authorized bags or receptacles designated by the Commissioner of Public Works and may not be piled on the public right-of-way or any street or pedestrian walkway. A leaf pile shall create a rebuttable presumption that the landowner, lessee, or management agent of the premises most closely abutting the leaf pile threw, cast, lay, directed, suffered or permitted the leaf pile to be placed in this location. (2) The placement of leaf piles in the public right-of-way, street or pedestrian walkway is prohibited. ... F. Any violation of the provisions of § 410-4C of this chapter as it relates to leaves shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine of not less than $150 and not more than $500 per offense. Each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4570580; v39 updated 2025-10-22; through 10-22-2025).
Full Breakdown
C(1) requires that during the period the Commissioner of Public Works designates for leaf collection, generally October through December, leaves set out for pickup must be placed in authorized bags or receptacles the Commissioner designates; they may not simply be piled on the public right-of-way, street or pedestrian walkway. Subsection C(2) repeats the prohibition flatly: placing leaf piles in the public right-of-way, street or pedestrian walkway is barred, not just during collection season. Because loose leaf piles are hard to trace to a specific address, the code builds in a rebuttable presumption: a leaf pile creates a presumption that the landowner, lessee or management agent of the premises most closely abutting the pile is the one who put it there, shifting the burden to that resident to disprove responsibility. E.
Violations & Fines
A conviction for illegal leaf piling under § 410-4.C carries its own penalty scale in § 410-9.F: a fine of not less than $150 and not more than $500 per offense, with each day the pile remains counted as a separate violation. That is a distinct, generally different penalty from the standard Chapter 410 fine, reflecting the leaf-specific enforcement track.
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