Curbside Bulk Brush Collection

Special Brush Collection Begins Week of June 15

Due to recent severe weather, the city is conducting a special free citywide bulk brush collection. To participate, place any brush and tree debris on the parkway in front of your home by the morning of Monday, June 15. Because Public Works and contractor crews will be working quickly to make one pass through the entire city, to ensure your brush is collected, you must have it out by the morning of June 15.

Brush does not need to be stickered, cut, bagged, or tied. The special collection is expected to conclude by the end of the day on Saturday, June 27. After that time, any remaining brush on private property must be disposed of through the weekly yard waste program or through a privately contracted tree removal company.

Homes with garbage collection on this day Must put brush by the curb no later than these dates Brush will be collected one time during the week of
Monday Sunday, May 3, 2026 May 4-8, 2026
Tuesday Sunday, May 10, 2026 May 11-15, 2026
Wednesday Sunday, May 17, 2026 May 18-22, 2026
Thursday Monday, May 25, 2026 May 26-29, 2026
Friday Sunday, May 31, 2026 June 1-5, 2026

The City provides an annual free curbside residential brush collection for tree and shrub branches each year beginning in early May.

The City is divided into five collection districts, which are identified by garbage day. Each district collection begins on Monday and takes one full week to complete. Brush must be placed on the parkway the Sunday before collection begins in each area. Brush collection crews will make only one pass in each neighborhood. Brush put out after our crews have passed will not be collected. 

The brush collection contractor may occasionally place large piles of brush in courts, cul-de-sacs and vacant property areas for collection within 48 hours.

To check on brush collection progress, view this interactive map.   

Collection Specifications

Brush must be properly prepared and meet the following specifications:

  • Branches must be:
    • 3 to 8 feet long
    • 6 inches or less in diameter (thickness)
    • Shorter lengths may be bagged or bundled and placed out on garbage day with a yard waste sticker attached.
  • Stack branches neatly on the parkway with cut ends toward the street. Brush piles that are badly tangled will not be picked up.
  • Please place branches with thorns in a separate pile.
  • Piles must be placed at the curb by Sunday night before scheduled collection.
  • Place brush on the parkway in front of your home only. Branches along busy side streets or rear frontages will not be collected. Do not place brush in the street.
  • Do not tie or bundle your brush piles for the free bulk brush collection program.
  • Willow whips, small twigs and vines must be placed in paper yard waste bags with a sticker affixed for collection on your garbage day.
  • Remove all roots, stumps and dirt. Brush piles containing nails, metal, stones, vines, willow whips, root balls, stumps, railroad ties or lumber will not be collected. If brush contains anything other than branches it will not be collected.
  • Residents can dispose of firewood pieces and stumps with their normal garbage, (maximum 32 gallon can and 60 lb weight limit.)

If your brush is not picked up, a tag will be affixed to the pile explaining why it wasn't collected.

DOs AND DON'Ts

Pile of correctly stacked brush on the ground near a curb
This pile is stacked neatly on the parkway with cut ends facing the street. This pile meets collection specifications.
Fallen branches with green leaves on a paved street in front of townhouses with beige exteriors and black shutters that exceed collection specifications.
These branches are larger than the 3-to-8 feet length limit and do not meet collection specifications. Branches of this size are too large to be removed due to equipment limitations.  
A large pile of cut logs and branches with varying sizes and textures that cannot be collected.
Piles containing items other than brush, like tree stumps or lumber, will not be collected.  
Green branches and leaves mixed with brown debris on a patch of dirt next to a cracked asphalt street that do not meet the specifications for brush collection.
Leaves and small twigs are not accepted as part of the Curbside Bulk Brush Collection program. Leaves, twigs, grass, and other yard waste can be disposed of through Yard Waste Collection.  

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