The Fall season of open burning of yard waste materials will begin at 10 a.m. on October 31, 2022 and end at sundown on November 20, 2022.
All burning must take place from 10 a.m. until sundown, is restricted to private property, in the rear of the property and must be supervised at all times.
All burning must be at least thirty (30) feet from any building inhabited by persons other than the landowner or tenant conducting the open burning.
The City of Perry encourages residents to find alternative methods to open burning for yard waste disposal. Violators of the open burning regulations will be fined $250 for the first violation and $500 for the second violation!
Perry's Yard Waste Disposal Site
The City of Perry’s Yard Waste Disposal Site, at 14325 Ivy Place, will remain open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily throughout the year. (The site may be closed at times due to winter weather.)
Items ALLOWED at the Yard Waste Disposal Site include leaves, lawn clippings, garden waste, shrubs, bushes and tree limbs not longer than 8 feet. Residents may use biodegradable paper yard waste bags for disposal, but plastic bags are NOT be allowed at the site. If plastic bags are used for transporting the yard waste, the bags must be emptied out and removed from the disposal site.
Items that are NOT ALLOWED at the Yard Waste Disposal Site include stumps with root-balls, tree limbs over 8 feet long, construction materials, concrete, bricks, dirt, garbage, furniture, appliances and other household waste. (Appliances and televisions/monitors may be dropped off at a separate area of the site. Please follow the signs for directions).
The Yard Waste Disposal Site is for PERRY RESIDENTS ONLY. Non-resident and commercial use of the site is NOT ALLOWED. The Yard Waste Disposal Site is monitored and recorded by security cameras. Rules for use of the dump site are posted. All violators will be charged with a minimum fine of $500 for ILLEGAL DUMPING. No warnings will be issued.