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Landlord complaints prompt rewrite of West Chester’s trash and recycling rules
Summary
The committee opened a substantive review of Chapter 62 after landlord complaints and citations over tote limits; staff said exceeding four 96‑gallon totes typically requires a dumpster and screening, and offered to meet with affected landlords to resolve compliance questions.
West Chester’s Public Works Committee on Feb. 10 advanced work on a rewrite of Chapter 62 (garbage, rubbish and refuse) after landlords and businesses raised confusion about how the ordinance treats 96‑gallon totes, dumpsters and recycling.
Committee members said the ordinance was drafted before widespread use of modern recycling totes and that the conversion rule linking totes to dumpster…
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