One pile per Month per resident, approximately 6’x6’x20′ max size. Larger piles will be picked up and the resident will be charged a fee.
Please see definition of “Contractor” at bottom of page.
Brush is picked up once a month on the Wednesday (June through August) Thursday (rest of year) of your section’s week. Section map link is next to the schedule below. Occasionally, due to heavy volumes and/or Holidays, your pickup day may be early or late a day or two.
Brush may be placed in the “road right-of-way” during the months of April through November only. Please be considerate of your neighbors’ by placing your materials in the row only during the week prior to your pickup.
Brush piles placed in the “road right-of-way” at other times, as well as any “Non-Conforming Material”, is not picked up by the department automatically. If they must be removed or the property owner requests, they be removed the property owner will be billed for the pick-up. (Labor, equipment, dump fees, etc.…will be applied)
Residents may request “Special Brush Pick up” by calling DPW (414) 352-0080.
Conforming Brush
(Tree branches)
- Chippable materials placed adjacent to the street, in front of your own property, prior to the Thursday of the appropriate week of pick up.
- April through November, ONLY.
- Owner, Occupant or Caretaker produced
- Branches – 6″ in diameter or less
- Maximum size of pile – 6′ X 6′ X 20′
- Branches placed parallel to each other with cut ends at same end of pile.
Non-Conforming Brush
(Leaves, Grass clippings, Garden debris, Flowers, Noxious/Invasive plants, Dirt, Lumber, Fence posts, Gravel, Stones, Rocks and other materials incapable of being put through chipper)
- Brush placed in the road right-of-way other than between April through November prior to the appropriate Thursday.
- Contractor produced
- Branches, limb or trunk wood – larger than 6″ in diameter
- Brush placed within 20′ of utility poles or boxes.
- Brush placed under electrical or cable wires.
- In or on the street