Residential or yard waste containers required; placement.

Hattiesburg Code of Ordinances § 44-25

in effect

Sec. 44-25. - Residential or yard waste containers required; placement. (a) Residential waste or yard waste containers shall be made of substantial material with tight-fitting covers. The container shall be kept secure at all times, after filling. Garbage containers shall have not more than 35 gallons capacity each, and a sufficient number of such containers to hold the quantity of garbage or yard waste accumulated shall be provided. Garbage refuse, rubbish or yard waste shall be thoroughly drained before being placed in such containers. Containers will be placed at an appropriate place on the city right-of-way so as not to interfere with postal service and shall not be placed in the street, but located so as to be easily accessible for collection. (b) Any container that does not comply with these requirements may be collected along with the trash, rubbish, yard waste or garbage or may be confiscated by the city if used again after the householder, resident or tenant of the place or location at which such noncompliance container was collected or used has been given five days' written notice not to use such noncomplying container. The container will be tagged upon noncompliance so as to alert the owner of noncompliance. (c) All accumulations of leaves, grass cuttings, pine straw and garden trimmings, weeds and roots from which all dirt has been removed, generated by a residential unit shall be deposited in containers, and placed at the rear of the curb or behind the paved street line. Containers for such rubbish shall have tops, ties, or other means of preventing spillage, scattering or blowing away of the rubbish, be moisture-proof or kept dry, and be of sufficient strength to contain the refuse without spillage during handling. Containers shall not exceed in size the approximate capacity of a 35 gallon regulation garbage container, which is considered the maximum size for manual lifting by a collector. At no times shall garbage and trash be mixed together. (d) Large accumulations of magazines and newspapers generated by a residential unit shall be bundled and securely tied and placed adjacent to the curb for collection. (e) Bulky refuse and tree trimmings generated by a residential unit shall be separated from other refuse and neatly placed adjacent to the front property line immediately behind the curb (but not in the streets). Tree trimmings shall not exceed 12 inches in diameter. Large accumulations of trees, branches and stumps of a quantity larger than deemed easily collected during ordinary pick-up or unbundled trash at any residential unit shall be collected by special pickup. The customer shall call the city's sanitation division to arrange for said special pickup. (f) All leaves, grass, pine straw, trimmings, trees, trash and paper generated by a residential unit shall be drained of liquids before being placed in the container. (g) Gasoline, solvents, hot ashes, dirt, bricks, concrete, or chemicals are strictly prohibited from being placed in containers generated by a residential unit. (Ord. No. 2831, § 7, 9-16-2003)

Source: City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ms/hattiesburg/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH44SOWA_ARTIICODI_S44-25REYAWACOREPLFetched: 11/1/2026