20170530 NOTICE: GARBAGE & RECYCLING POLICY

Dear Residents:

On behalf of the Old Mill Community Council, Inc. Homeowners Association Board of Directors and the other homeowners of Old Mill Community in Burke, Virginia, we thank those homeowners that are following the Garbage & Recycling Policy.

Unfortunately, there are still homeowners that are improperly disposing trash on the property and the expense incurred by the Association for its removal, the Board wishes to inform all residents that rules regarding trash disposal is strictly enforced. The Old Mill Community Association Rules and Regulations (“Trash Policy“) state, in part, that:

  1. Trash containers may be placed at the designated collection points after 5pm. Trash bags in accordance with Fairfax County Code cannot be placed until the morning of trash collection.
  2. Trash Pick-up is Monday and Thursday morning of each week except for Thanksgiving Day and when Christmas, New Year’s Day or July 4th fall on a Monday or a Thursday. Do not put trash at the pickup points before 5 pm of the day before a scheduled trash pickup day. Trash must be placed at the pick-up points before 6:00 a.m. on trash pick-up days. .
  3. Tree and bush limbs or wood must be cut to four (4) feet or less in length and tied in bundles that can be picked up by one person.
  4. Only yard debris may be placed in leaf bags.
  5. Community leaf clean up occur twice a year in fall, one in November and other in December.
  6. All trash containers must be removed from the common area before 11:59 pm on the designated pickup day.
  7. Trash containers may not be stored in the front or side yards or by the entrance to a home. Trash containers may not be stored outside of the privacy fence.

Recycling

  1. Pick-up is Monday morning.
  2. Recycle items are newspapers, glass bottles, cans and #1 and #2 plastic containers. The type of plastic container is the number in the recycle triangle usually on the bottom of plastic containers. Glass bottles, cans and plastic must be placed in the recycle containers provided. Newspapers may be placed in paper bags or tied with twine.
  3. Do not put recycling at the pickup points before 5pm of the day before a scheduled pickup day. Recycling must be placed at the pick-up points before 6:00 a.m. on Monday.
  4. The recycle containers are the property of AAA Rainbow and must remain with the house at the time of sale or moving.
  5. All recycling containers must be removed from the common area before 11:59 pm on the designated pickup day.

If you witness a resident disposing of trash improperly, kindly advise them of the policy, note the date, time and unit number involved, and forward the information to omcc.org@gmail.com

If you have any questions, please refer to your Old Mill Community Council, Inc. governing documents.
Thank you for your consideration and prompt attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

OMCC

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