Refuse and Storm Water
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Refuse and Storm Water
4095 Center Road
Brunswick Ohio 44212
330-558-6825 (billing office)
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Hazardous waste and appliance collection
Local freon-containing appliance recycling events are scheduled and performed by the Medina County Solid Waste District.
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Storm Water Education Program
The City contracts with a private hauler to provide refuse pick-up services for our residents (only) through a competitive bidding process approximately every five years. Business refuse pick-up services are the responsibility of each business. Refuse pick-up and billing is governed by Chapter 1060 of the Brunswick Codified Ordinances.
Required service
In an effort to maintain a clean and sanitary City, this utility is not an optional service. Refuse collection and billing affects every residential household in the City regardless of whether or not refuse is picked up every week. Some exceptions apply so please contact the Refuse Department for more information.
Refuse collection schedule
To learn when refuse collection occurs on your street (and the holidays on which refuse is not collected), click on the Refuse pickup schedule and holidays link in the department menu.
Residential rates and billing
Brunswick Residents are billed quarterly (in advance) for refuse pick-up. Payments for this service can be made at Brunswick City Hall, or placed in the dropbox in the parking lot of City Hall. The amount of the invoice is determined as follows:
1060.03(a)(1) Residences. There shall be a monthly charge to each householder for the weekly collection, transportation and disposal of residential solid waste and yard waste. The monthly charge shall include each resident’s pro rata share of the contract hauler’s current charge to the City under the contract and a service charge for billing, collecting and managing the monthly charge. The monthly charge shall be billed quarterly in advance. A penalty of eighteen percent (18%) shall be charged on all accounts delinquent in excess of ten days after the expiration of the billing period. (Ord. 44-93. Passed 5-24-93.)
| Billing date (approximate) | Billing due date | Service period |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-January | March 30 | January-March |
| Mid-April | June 30 | April-June |
| Mid-July | September 30 | July-September |
| Mid-October | December 31 | October-December |
Waste receptacles
Please use non-disposable metal or plastic containers with a maximum capacity of 35 gallons (not to exceed 60 pounds). Please make sure that any plastic bags do not exceed 35 pounds.
Time requirements
Refuse should be on your curbside no later than 7:00 am on your scheduled pick-up day and:
- from April 1st through October 31st, refuse should be placed at the curbside no earlier than 6:00 pm the day before your scheduled pick-up day.
- from November 1st through March 31st refuse should be placed at the curbside no earlier than 4:00 pm the day before your scheduled pick-up day.
Appliances
Household appliances, air conditioners and water heaters will be picked up on your scheduled collection day provided that certain conditions are met. Appliances containing CFC’s (Freon) must be tagged by a licensed CFC recovery contractor verifying that the Freon has been removed prior to collection. The OEPA regulates and prohibits the disposal of Freon-bearing appliances from all solid waste disposal facilities. Further, please make sure that all appliances are safe to keep by the curbside. Yard waste Yard waste will be picked up on your scheduled pick-up day. Tree or hedge trimmings and other brush will be collected provided that those items are tied in bundles four (4) feet in length, eighteen (18) inches in diameter and weighing no more than 35 pounds. Do:
- Rinse all glass and plastic
- Keep newspapers/magazines dry and bundled up (or tied up)
- Keep refuse contained until pickup (especially on windy days)
- Follow the Brunswick Codified Ordinances with regard to refuse pickup
Don’t:
- Sod, dirt, or rocks
- Motor oil (see the county’s recycling schedule)
- Large engine parts
- Building materials
- Explosives/flammable items
Brunswick City Council adopted an ordinance establishing Chapter 1050 of the Brunswick Codified Ordinances. This chapter created a Storm Water Management Utility (the Utility) and established equitable rates and charges and an administrative structure to provide for funding the Utility’s programs.
The Storm Water Management Utility service fee is necessary to pay the costs of the Utility’s programs for the operations, maintenance, repair and replacement of the capital facilities of the City’s storm water drainage system, for the planning, design, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement and extension of capital facilities of that system, to provide for the payment of debt service on obligations incurred and anticipated to be incurred for capital facilities of that system and to maintain adequate fund reserves to provide for reasonable expected variations in the collection of service fees, in the cost of providing services, and in the demand for services.
Effective January 1, 2012, each lot of parcel of real property within the City corporate limits shall be charged an Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) pursuant to Chapter 1050 of the Brunswick Codified Ordinances.
FAQ
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Billing
Brunswick property owners are billed quarterly (in advance) for storm water fees. Payments for this service can be made at Brunswick City Hall, or placed in the drop box in the parking lot of City Hall.
| Billing date (approximate) | Billing due date | Service period |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-January | March 30 | January-March |
| Mid-April | June 30 | April-June |
| Mid-July | September 30 | July-September |
| Mid-October | December 31 | October-December |