Trash Can Protocol
4/23/2025
As the weather gets nicer, more and more Geneva citizens are walking or riding bikes in the community. The Town Hall has been fielding complaints regarding trash cans being left on the sidewalk or laying in the roadway.
Title V 51.03 in the Town of Geneva Code of Ordinances states the following regarding residential trash receptacles:
- 51.03 COLLECTION PROCEDURE AND REQUIREMENTS.
Collections of garbage, rubbish and household rubbish in the town shall be made as follows.
(B) Residential.
All garbage and rubbish shall be placed in receptacles as described heretofore in this chapter, and the receptacles shall be placed within 5 feet of the traveled portion of a street or alley to be traveled
by the collection trucks. No garbage or rubbish shall be placed on any public sidewalks.
On corner lots, garbage and rubbish is to be placed within 5 feet of the curb closest to the street or alley to be traveled by collection trucks. All receptacles shall be placed for collection no earlier than 6:00 p.m. on the day preceding collection day and shall be removed from public view within 24 hours.
You can find the Town of Geneva Code of Ordinances on the town's website, under "Government."