Where do I put my refuse containers when there are snow berms at the edge of the street?
The contract with the refuse collection company requires containers to be within 10 feet of the street. The best locations for your containers are: 1) To one side of the driveway entrance, 2) On the sidewalk adjacent to the driveway entrance while making sure there is room for a person walk past them, and 3) Shovel a shelf on top of, or into, the snow berm. Do not put containers in the travel portion of the road.
Placing refuse and recycling barrels in any portion of the roadway is a violation of Town Ordinance. Barrels placed in the road are a safety issue for traffic by forcing collection vehicles are into the travel lane portion of the road to collect instead of traveling the curb line for collection. Barrels in the road do not allow snow plow vehicles to widen roads to their fullest extent for safe passage of traffic, school buses and emergency vehicles. Automated collection vehicles barrel lift arms can reach up to ten feet from the edge of the road. Barrels should be placed in your driveway opening or an area cleared of snow on the green belt between the sidewalk and street. Barrels that are placed in the roadway will be put back off the roadway by the collection vehicle after they are emptied. Barrels will be placed wherever the collection vehicle operator can place them without interfering with pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
