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Here's information about city leaf pickup

By Billie Owens

From the city's Bureau of Maintenance:

Citywide leaf collection is under way and will continue until Nov. 21.

Residents of the following streets can rake to the parkway but do not put the leaves in the street:

  • Clinton Street
  • Oak Street
  • Main Street (including East and West Main street)
  • Pearl Street
  • South Main Street (Between Oak and Walnut)
  • Walnut Street
  • Richmond Avenue (between Oak and Prospect)

If your street has a route number (i.e. Route 5, Route 33, Route 63 and Route 98), then please keep leaves out of the roadway.

All other streets are asked to rake leaves to the curb line, taking care not to block storm drainage structures/catch basins.

Leaf operations typically have one crew on the Southside beginning on River Street, moving east in areas south of Main Street. A second crew on the Northside will work from Grandview Terrace, moving west, in the area north of Main Street. A third crew will work using a vacuum along main roads and numbered routes.

It takes about a week and a half to go through the entire city.

Any resident with leaves can also bring them to the yard waste station until it closes for the season on Dec. 6.

Here's some important information about leaf collection:

  • Leaf piles must be clear of sticks and other debris;
  • Grass clippings, flower pots, branches and pumpkins cannot by picked up and residents are encouraged to bring those to the Yard Waste Station on Law Street;
  • Leaves should not block traffic;
  • Leaves should not be piled near intersection corners as this causes sight issues for motorists/bicyclists/pedestrians;
  • Keep leaf piles clear of drainage ways and catch basins. Blocked drainage leads to localized flooding.
  • Leaves should not be piled around mailboxes, power poles, fences, fire hydrants or other obstacles.
  • Do not park on leaf piles. Heat from a vehicle exhaust system could start a fire.
  • Do not wait to get your leaves out. We will normally collect leaves twice within the month of leaf collection.
  • If it is snowing, we plow first. If it continues to snow, then leaf operations will be suspended.
  • There is no leaf pickup in the spring.

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