Proper Placement of Yard Trash

5/28/2010

The Town of Southern Pines provides for the collection of leaves, limbs, and yard clippings approximately once every two weeks.  It is the property owner's responsibility to see that this trash is properly placed at the curb for collection.

Problems are sometimes created when trash is placed on the roadway or in gutters and roadside ditches.  Piles of trash on the roadway or too near the travel lane of more heavily traveled roads often create traffic hazards.  Trash in gutters and ditches causes catch basins and culverts to stop up which also can create hazards and maintenance problems.

The Town of Southern Pines and the State of North Carolina (for state system roads) both have ordinances regulating the placement of trash along roadways.

Please help keep your street clean and safe by not putting trash in or too near the street or in gutters and roadside ditches.