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Parker, TX Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

Some Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Citation
§ 53.04(B), (D)
Brush includes
Trees, tree limbs, plants, leaves
Near-pickup placement
Within 10 feet of roadbed before Monday
Penalty
Up to $500 per offense (§ 53.99(E))
Added
Ordinance 725, March 17, 2015

Summary

Section 53.04(B) defines brush items in Parker as trees, tree limbs, plants, and leaves, distinct from the bulky items covered in the same section. Residents may place brush or bulky items within 10 feet of the roadbed before the Monday of the scheduled pickup week, and violations of the section's placement rules are punishable by a fine of up to $500 per offense.

Brush items include trees, tree limbs, plants, and/or leaves. ... Residents may place their bulky or brush items within 10 feet from the edge of the roadbed prior to Monday of the week such items are scheduled to be removed by the city solid waste service provider. ... Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions or terms of § 53.04 upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed the sum of $500 for each offense; and each and every day such violation shall continue shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.

Full Breakdown

04(A). Division (D), added by Ordinance 725 on March 17, 2015, gives residents an affirmative placement window: they may place their bulky or brush items within 10 feet from the edge of the roadbed before Monday of the week the city's solid waste service provider is scheduled to remove them. Read together with division (C)'s earlier cutoff, that means a resident who waits until Monday of pickup week can bring brush closer to the road, ten feet rather than the 25-foot minimum that applies to anything set out before the Thursday cutoff.

The section does not set a volume or bundle-size limit for brush in the text quoted here; it regulates only where and when brush or bulky material may sit at the curb. 99(E) by a fine of up to $500 for each offense, with every day a violation continues charged as a separate offense, the same penalty structure applied to the bulky-item timing rule in the same section.

Violations & Fines

Placing brush, trees, limbs, or leaves at the curb in violation of the timing in § 53.04(C) or outside the 10-foot allowance in § 53.04(D) is punishable under § 53.99(E) by a fine of up to $500 for each offense, and each day the violation continues is treated as a separate offense.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is defined as brush under Parker's yard waste rule?
Section 53.04(B) defines brush items as trees, tree limbs, plants, and leaves, a category the city collects separately from bagged garbage and from the bulky appliances defined in § 53.04(A).
How close to the road can I put brush right before pickup in Parker?
Section 53.04(D) lets residents place bulky or brush items within 10 feet of the edge of the roadbed before Monday of the scheduled pickup week, closer than the 25-foot minimum that applies earlier in the week under § 53.04(C).
What is the penalty for violating Parker's brush placement rule?
Section 53.99(E) sets a fine of up to $500 for each offense, and the code counts every day the violation continues as a separate offense.

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