04/02/2026
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Hopkinsville City Ordinance
Chapter 93
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(C) Trash and building material collection. The following rules are established pertaining to the collection and disposal of trash and building material within the city.
(1) The Enterprise shall maintain a collection service of sufficient size and capability to provide adequate and timely collection of trash.
(2) All trash, household goods and furniture shall be set out together at a designated collection point no earlier than the day prior to the day of collection by the Enterprise. For purposes of this section, household goods shall include, but not be limited to, furniture, clothing, appliances, carpet, drapes and mattresses. Except as provided in division (C)(4) below, any loose material, such as lawn clippings, shall be bagged by the owner before placement at the designated collection point. Limbs may be collected separately from other trash, based on the availability of crews and equipment. Limbs larger than six inches in diameter shall be cut into 18-inch or shorter lengths and stacked separately.
(3) Except for limbs, no more than two cubic yards (six feet by three feet by three feet) of building material or trash, shall be placed at the designated collection point for any regular collection day at owner occupied residential properties. No business, landlord or contractor shall place any building material, garbage, limbs or household goods at a designated residential collection site. All contractors are responsible for the disposal of waste, including building material or trash, resulting from the service they provide. A business, landlord or contractor may schedule the collection of building material or trash by knuckle boom service scheduled directly with the Enterprise.
(4) During the fall of each year at times designated by the Enterprise, loose leaves will be collected by the Enterprise at the owner’s curbside. During this leaf collection period, an owner shall not be required to bag leaves for collection. No owner shall place leaves for collection in the street or on a sidewalk. All weekly trash collection will be suspended during this leaf collection period, and an owner shall be prohibited from placing trash at the designated collection point.
(5) It shall be unlawful for any person or firm, except pursuant to temporary collection service permits, to engage in or conduct any collection of trash or building material within the city’s corporate limits. Any individual or firm providing the service without proper consent shall be in violation of this chapter and subject to a civil penalty as established herein. Collection at each premises shall constitute a separate offense.
