Public Works FAQs

  1. My garbage/recycling was missed this week. What should I do?
  2. How do I recycle in Shaker Heights?
  3. What kind of garbage can should I use?
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  1. What is brush?
  2. Why did the City not collect my yard waste bag?
  3. What do I do with yard waste?
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  1. Why do we need a snow parking ban?
  2. How will I know if the snow parking ban is in effect?
  3. Why do I have to shovel my sidewalk?
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  1. Who owns the trees and the treelawn?
  2. Whose responsibility is it to maintain the treelawn?
  3. Whose responsibility is it to maintain trees on the treelawn?
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  1. What is the City’s deer culling program?
  2. Why is the City culling deer?
  3. If the City has culled deer for a few years, why is there still a need to continue doing so?
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  1. What causes a public sanitary sewer main backup?
  2. What causes a private sanitary sewer lateral backup?
  3. What causes a public storm sewer main backup?
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