Facility
Northville’s City Yards facility is an operations center for the Department of Public Works. It includes a storage facility for equipment, a maintenance facility equipped to service all equipment owned and operated by the City, a salt storage shed and a leaf composting area. This facility is located at 650 Doheny Drive, Northville, MI 48167.
Compost and wood chips are available
This material is free and available at City Yards, Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Instructions on how to open the gate are posted near the keypad. You must supply your own containers and load your own compost. Compost is beneficial when spread in gardens to provide nutrients to plants and flowers, while wood chips help the ground retain moisture to reduce the need for water and prevent water runoff.
The compost is created from leaves collected each fall by the city. These leaves are routinely turned, which reduces their volume by 90% and converts this scrap material into a rich, organic matter. Each year DPW has this material tested. For full results of all testing please contact DPW at 248-449-9930 or email [email protected].
The DPW uses compost for landscaping in city parks, cemeteries, and other public properties.
No Dumping allowed at the Yard
Sec. 66-5. - Unauthorized dumping and littering.
(a)
Litter. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited, sort, scatter, throw, drop or leave any refuse, rubbish, garbage, compostable material or recyclable material as herein defined on any public or private place in the city.
(b)
Unlawful dumping on public or private property. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, dump, bury or deposit or cause or permit to be thrown, dumped, buried or deposited any refuse, rubbish, garbage, compostable matter, recyclable material or prohibited waste, whether residential or commercial, on or along any public highways, streets, alleys or public places or within the limits of any highway, street or alley right-of-way, or on land or waters, public or private, adjoining a public highway or street without the consent of the owners of such land and the director of public works; and it shall be unlawful for any person to throw, dump, bury or deposit or cause or permit to be thrown, dumped, buried or deposited any such refuse hereinabove referred to over the sides or approaches of any bridge or culvert or into any stream, canal, ditch, watercourse or body of water.
The above provision shall not prevent a person from transporting such refuse from a person's private property to any city or regional recycling center, MRF or other approved location for disposal if such transportation is not otherwise in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.
(Code 1980, § 4-605)