Lewisville, TX Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Bundle length limit
- 4 feet maximum
- Bundle weight limit
- 50 pounds maximum
- Brush diameter limit
- 4 inches maximum
- Setout deadline
- 7:00 a.m. on collection day
- Excluded material
- Stumps, root balls, treated wood
- Max fine
- Up to $2,000 (Sec. 1-15)
Summary
Lewisville requires brush and yard waste bundles to be cut, tied and set at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on collection day, with a hard four-foot length and 50-pound weight cap per bundle under City Code Section 12-22(e). Stumps, root balls and treated wood cannot go out for pickup at all.
Brush or yard waste placed for collection must be cut and bundled, and such bundles shall not exceed four feet in length and 50 pounds in weight. Brush shall not be over four inches in diameter. No stumps, roots, shrubs with intact root balls, or treated wood may be set out for residential collection services. Yard waste generated from a residential service unit by a commercial enterprise or service provider may be placed out for collection at the collection point for that residential service unit provided such waste does not exceed the size limitations identified herein. Yard waste generated offsite may not be set out for residential collection.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Unified Development Code: Supplement 3 | Code of Ordinances: Supplement 34 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 12 of the Lewisville City Code defines yard waste as leaves, yard trimmings, yard and garden debris, Christmas trees, and brush not greater than four inches in diameter that results from landscaping maintenance and land clearing operations; stumps, roots and shrubs with intact root balls are excluded, and treated wood is barred outright. Section 12-22(e) requires that brush or yard waste set out for collection be cut and bundled, with each bundle capped at four feet in length and 50 pounds in weight, and brush itself capped at four inches in diameter.
Yard waste generated at a residence by a landscaping company or other commercial service can still go out at that address's collection point if it meets the size caps, but yard waste hauled in from another property cannot be set out for residential pickup. on the scheduled day, and containers cannot go out more than 24 hours before collection or stay out more than 24 hours after. Bulky brush loads beyond the bundling limits require prior arrangement with the city's franchised hauler; missed pickups are reported directly to the franchisee, not the city.
Section 12-3 separately bars piling solid waste, including yard debris, on any sidewalk, street or right-of-way outside the designated collection point, and bars burning or burying yard waste within city limits.
Violations & Fines
Setting out oversized or unbundled brush, or yard waste hauled in from another property, is enforced under Chapter 12's setout and prohibition rules; the franchisee can refuse the pickup, and unresolved violations are prosecuted under the Code's general penalty, Section 1-15, which allows a fine up to $2,000 for sanitation violations, with each day of a continuing violation counted as a separate offense.
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