Yard Waste

Landscape Waste

• It is hereby declared a nuisance  and unlawful to allow piles of brush and/or fallen or cut tree limbs to remain on the premises from which it was grown.
• No piles of brush, tree limbs or grass clippings shall be allowed to be brought from a premises from which it was grown to another premises unless it is a landfill or compost site approved by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

 

Disposal - Burning

• You may burn yard waste that is not green on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
• Do NOT burn yard waste on the streets or gutters in front of your house.
• Doing so damages the street and the yard waste gets caught in the ditches and drains.

 

Disposal - Garbage Pick-Up

• The garbage company will pick up yard waste on Wednesdays if it is in paper yard waste bags and has a yard waste sticker on each bag.
• Yard waste stickers may be purchased at City Hall during regular business hours (Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4:30 pm)
• Yard waste is picked up through the first snowfall or December 1, whichever happens first.

 

Deposits in Ditches

• It shall be the responsibility of landowners to maintain ditches abutting such owner's property free from debris, trash and other nonindigenous objects which may constitute a health or safety hazard.

 

Grass Mowing

• Keep your grass and weeds mowed below 8 inches.
• If the city has to mow your property, you will be billed $100 per lot per occurrence.