Lenexa, KS Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Pickup, March through November
- No less than weekly
- Pickup, December through February
- No less than monthly
- Bags or bundles included
- 6 per pickup, 10 in October and November
- Container limit
- Rigid containers up to 35 gallons
- Tree limb bundle
- 48 inches long, 18 inches across, 65 pounds
- Maximum general penalty
- $2,500 fine, one year jail, or both
Summary
In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, licensed haulers must provide curbside yard waste collection as part of base service: weekly from March through November, monthly from December through February, with 6 bags or bundles included per pickup and 10 in October and November. Customers use kraft paper bags or rigid containers of 35 gallons or less.
Each refuse hauler licensed to provide residential solid waste collection must provide curbside collection of yard waste as a part of the base service and not as an optional service, except as provided in subsection A below. Beginning on or before January 1, 2013, refuse haulers must collect no less than weekly during the months of March through November and no less than monthly during the months of December through February. Refuse haulers must include the cost of 6 bags or bundles per collection in the basic service charge during the months of December through September and 10 bags or bundles per collection in the basic service charge for the months of October and November; provided however, that refuse haulers may enact a volume based rate structure for collection of bags or bundles of yard waste above the base amount set forth above, in accordance with the Johnson County Regulations. ... Yard Waste: ... It is the responsibility of the customer to place all yard waste in biodegradable kraft paper bags or loose in rigid containers not exceeding 35 gallons in capacity at the regular collection point.
Full Breakdown
Section 2-11-F-1 of the Lenexa City Code requires each refuse hauler licensed for residential solid waste collection to provide curbside yard waste collection as part of the base service and not as an optional service. Beginning on or before January 1, 2013, haulers must collect no less than weekly during March through November and no less than monthly during December through February. The base charge must include 6 bags or bundles per collection during December through September and 10 bags or bundles per collection in October and November, the fall leaf season. Above those amounts a hauler can enact a volume-based rate structure for bags or bundles, in accordance with the Johnson County Regulations.
One exemption applies. A refuse hauler is not required to provide yard waste collection to residential customers in maintenance-provided residential subdivisions.
Section 2-11-F-2 puts the preparation duty on the customer. Yard waste goes in biodegradable kraft paper bags or loose in rigid containers not exceeding 35 gallons in capacity at the regular collection point, and it must be stored and maintained so it does not disperse onto the premises served, adjacent premises or public rights-of-way. Tree limbs and brush must be securely tied in bundles not larger than forty-eight inches (48") long, eighteen inches (18") in diameter and weighing no more than 65 pounds each, or placed loose in rigid containers of 35 gallons or less.
Yard waste containers follow the set-out window in Section 2-11-D-2: at the curb only on collection day or up to twenty-four hours before pickup. The City also has resident-only public dumpsters for yard waste under Section 2-11-J-1, and Section 2-11-K-1(D) bars burning refuse except as Article 3-5-D permits. The Unified Development Code prohibits accumulating yard waste in residential outdoor storage.
Violations & Fines
Setting out unbagged or oversized yard waste, or leaving it where it disperses, breaches Chapter 2-11 under Section 2-11-K-1(A). A conviction is a public offense punished under Section 1-1-C-3 by a fine up to $2,500, up to one year in jail, or both, with each day a separate offense. A hauler that skips required yard waste service can have its license suspended or revoked under Section 2-11-L-1. Dumping yard waste on public property is barred by Section 2-11-K-1(G).
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