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The Westwood Shores POA provides weekly household garbage service to property owners.

This service is expensive and provided for in the annual POA Budget; cost containment efforts are made on this, as in other areas of the budget. Bagged trash left out is subject to being torn apart and strewn all over the street by animals. To pick up trash in this condition increases time and effort (cost) to provide this service. Trash scattered in the street is also unsanitary and unsightly.

• All household (weekly) garbage must be bagged and placed in a hinged-lid garbage can at the end of the driveway.
• Property owners should obtain/use a hinged-lid garbage can large enough to hold their household garbage; if two garbage cans are needed, two garbage cans should be obtained/used.
• All garbage cans are to be returned from the driveway to the house at the end of the day by the homeowner.

Boxes/cartons (cardboard) will be picked up once a month. These are to be broken down and bound together prior to pick up for ease of pick up and storage in the maintenance yard. Cardboard drop-off will also be available on the same dates and times as the vegetative debris drop-off.

The Westwood Shores POA provides “heavy haul” drop off available at the Maintenance facility to property owners twice a month on a pre-defined schedule.  However, bulky/heavy items place an undue expense on this service.  To offset the cost of this service to the community, property owners shall be charged individually per item for drop off or pickup of bulky/heavy items.

• Bulky/heavy items include any appliance (refrigerator of any size, microwave oven, washer, dryer, range, under counter ice machine, trash compactor, water heater, 50” or larger TV, and dishwasher) outdoor grill, fire pit, mattress, box spring, recliner, sofa, love seat, side chair, table, dresser, night stand, head board, lawn mower and large outdoor furniture/patio sets.
• To drop off one of these items at the Maintenance facility, property owners will incur a $20 per item charge.  The charge shall be paid at the time of the drop off.  All payments will be by credit or debit card as no checks or cash shall be accepted.
• If the property owner is unable to make the drop off themselves, a home pick up may be scheduled through the POA office for a fee of $40 for the first item and $20 per item for up to two other items for a maximum of three items per home pick up.  The fee will be payable at the time of scheduling.  All home pick up items must be brought to the street for pick up.
• The two-yearly or semi-annual heavy haul pickups throughout the community following Garage Sale weekend shall continue.  However, bulky/heavy items must still be scheduled through the POA Office and the charge shall be reduced to $20 per bulky/heavy item during these two community pickup times only.

Tires, paint, batteries, any lawn, pool, or other chemicals are not allowed in household or heavy haul trash.