A Notice of Violation door hanger was left at your address because leaves were on the road or sidewalk at the time of inspection. To be in compliance, please place the leaves behind the curb on the grass patch.

You received this notice because the leaves were placed on the road at the time of inspection. This creates a safety concern for pedestrians, drivers, and cyclists, especially when the leaves become wet or obstruct visibility. Leaves must be placed on the grass patch, behind the curb—not on the roadway.

Ordinance No. 1183 (Chapter 201), adopted in 2015, prohibits placing leaves on the roadway. This ordinance exists because leaves left in the street can wash into storm drains, where they decompose and contribute to pollution in rivers, wetlands, and ultimately Long Island Sound.

Click here to read the ordinance

Notices are issued to all addresses that are in violation at the time of inspection. If you would like to report an address in violation, please submit a request through Fix It Stamford (under Seasonal > Leaf Violation).

Please contact Citizen Services at 203-977-4140. We cannot instruct anyone to disregard local ordinances, and all residents are responsible for complying with Stamford regulations.

Inspections happen when we receive a request. When a request is made, the whole street is checked, and anyone in violation is sent a notice. You may not have received one before simply because no request was made for your street. We also provide reminders through postcards, our website, newsletters and social media to remind residents to keep leaves off the road and sidewalks.

Even on quieter streets, placing leaves on the road is still a violation. Anyone who places leaves in the roadway will receive a notice. It also creates a risk of clogging catch basins, which can wash leaf debris and pollutants into the stormwater system and eventually into Long Island Sound.