Solid Waste Management Department

Yard Waste Collection

Cart with sticker - Proper placement of yard waste sticker: top left corner visible from street

Yard waste employees

Employee with cart loader

Yard waste employee with cart tag

Yard waste collection is an optional fee-based program. For a $60 fee, residents are enrolled into the yard waste program from July 1 to June 30. Please note that this is an annual service that cannot be cancelled.

What is my collection day?

Verify your collection day.

For existing yard waste customers, renewal will take place at the beginning of each fiscal year starting July 1 and will expire June 30. The City will send a reminder to current yard waste customers to renew yard waste service in late spring for the upcoming year, July 1 - June 30.

Yard waste must be set out with garbage by 6 a.m. for next-day collection. Yard waste carts are only serviced when the cart has been set out at the same time that the garbage is set out. Exempt customers must place all yard waste bags, bundles, and additional carts at the curb with the exception of one cart that can be serviced from the appropriate area indicated by supervisor.

Yard Waste Application

Applications can be mailed or faxed to Solid Waste Management using the contact information on the application. Paid subscribers are entitled to two free collections of bulky brush.

Proper way to prepare Yard Waste for collection:


Carts Bundles Bags
No personal containers or garbage carts will be collected.

Cart, with sticker, must be used first; then biodegradable bags can be used.

Cart sticker should be placed in the appropriate place on the brown yard waste cart.

Cart is rolled to the curb with the bar facing towards the street.

Cart lid should be closed.

If lid cannot close, yard waste can extend only 2 feet out of container.

Weight of container must not exceed 175 pounds.

Bundles should not be more than 3 inches in diameter.

Bundles must be tied properly in order to be collected.

 Bags should be placed close together.

A maximum of 10 biodegradable bags per week, weighing no more than 25 pounds, can be set out on collection day.

Yard waste includes:

  • Leaves
  • Grass
  • Shrub clippings
  • Garden residue
  • Twigs
  • Branches and small limbs (Not more than 3 inches in diameter)

*Dirt, rocks and sawdust are not considered yard waste. Allow up to three business days for missed collections to complete request.

Yard Waste does not include:

  • Hot or cold ashes
  • Rocks
  • Dirt
  • Animal feces
  • Dead animals