Lyons 2025 Curbside Limb Pick up 

Beginning June 9, 2025 

The Town of Lyons has scheduled services with a vendor to complete a curbside limb pick up for residential properties that are less than one acre the week of June 9, 2025.  The following rules and regulations regarding the service will apply.  Please review the guidelines for 2025.  If they are not followed you may not receive service.  

Rules and Regulations

The Town of Lyons and the vendor reserve the right to refuse service to any homes that do not follow the accepted materials or pile guidelines. Town or vendor staff do not clean the immediate area after the chipping is complete. Cleaning the residual debris from the chipping process is the responsibility of the property owner.

Questions? Please call our Parks and Public Works at 303-823-6622.

Acceptable Materials

• Branches and Limbs Only. No Grass, weeds, loose yard waste, or compost.  IT WILL NOT BE PICKED UP!
• Only piles of wood limbs and branches up to 6" in diameter are accepted.
• No construction debris or treated lumber.  No nails or wires in limbs or branches.  IT WILL NOT BE PICKED UP!
• No construction or building materials
• No trash, weeds, etc.
• No root wads, dirt, or rocks
• No grass clippings
• No bags of leaves or pine needles
• No nails and wire
• No thorny materials (rose bushes, etc.)
• Do NOT tie or band piles

Pile Guidelines

• Piles must be stacked curbside by 7AM on the START DATE OF THE EVENT-Monday, June 9, 2025
• Any branch piles put out after the collection day will not be collected by the Town/vendor and will be the responsibility of the homeowner.
• Piles MAY NOT be made far in advance of the scheduled start date
• Piles must be neatly stacked with cut ends facing the road.  Please ensure limbs are cut as straight as possible.  
• Max pile size is 5x5x5 and are limited to one per household PILES THAT ARE LARGER WILL BE SKIPPED!
• Please work to ensure that no obstacles interfere with the pickup of the limb pile by the loader and chipper. 
• Do not park in front of your limb pile. 
• Piles must be within 5' of roadway (do not place on the sidewalk!)
• Municipal code prohibits placing items in the street. 
• Limbs will not be collected in alleys. Even if your trash/recycling collection occurs in an alley, you must place limbs curbside in front of your property for pick-up.
• Residential properties only that are less than one acre. NO Commercial Piles!
• Do not combine piles with neighbors or haul material in from other neighborhoods
• Do NOT tie or band piles