Title 13 Public Utilities and Services
Chapter 13.02 Solid Waste
Article III. Collection
Section 13.02.0354 Container Weight Limits
Maximum permissible container weight, meaning total gross weight of a loaded container, including the container and contents, in pounds is:
- Residential.
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- Thirty-gallon automated carts: Two hundred fifty pounds.
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- Sixty-gallon automated carts: Two hundred fifty pounds.
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- Ninety-gallon automated carts: Two hundred fifty pounds.
- Commercial.
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- One-cubic-yard dumpster: Five thousand pounds.
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- Two-cubic-yard dumpster: Five thousand pounds.
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- Three-cubic-yard dumpster: Five thousand pounds.
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- Four-cubic-yard dumpster: Five thousand pounds.
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- Six-cubic-yard dumpster: Five thousand pounds.
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- Twenty-cubic-yard rolloff: Twenty thousand pounds.
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- Thirty-cubic-yard rolloff: Twenty thousand pounds.
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- Small compactor, from one cubic-yard capacity up to six-cubic-yard capacity: Six thousand pounds.
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- Large compactor, from ten- to forty-cubic yards: Twenty thousand pounds.
Date Passed: Monday, October 14, 2024
Effective Date: Wednesday, January 1, 2025
ORD C36589 Section 27