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Waste and Recycling

How to Dispose of Waste in Lake City

The Hinsdale County Transfer Station is the drop off point for trash and some recycling for Hinsdale County. The transfer station recycles cardboard and glass for FREE. In addition to household garbage, the transfer station accepts waste building materials, old appliances, recycled cardboard, recycled glass, cooking oil and used engine oil to be recycled. Most of the Transfer Station loads are hauled to Gunnison for recycle or the Gunnison County Landfill for disposal. The Transfer Station also accepts electronics at $0.75 a pound.

Gunnison Recycling Center

In addition aluminum, cardboard and glass, plastics #1 & #2, newsprint, magazines and more can be dropped off at the Gunnison Recycling Center located at 195 Basin Park Drive.

Bear Proof Cart Lease Program

Through the local non-profit group, Lake City Friends of the Bears, bear proof carts are available for lease. 

Utilities

Electricity

Electricity is provided by Gunnison County Electric Association.

Water and Sewer

The town of Lake City water and sewer is managed by Public Works.

Dog Regulations​​

Please keep your dog on a leash and pick up any waste.​

  1. When not confined to the premises or motor vehicle of its owner or custodian, or under owner or custodian control in Memorial Park, within Lake City town limits a dog must at all times be controlled by means of an adequate leash, cord, chain or other restraining device of not more than 16 feet in total length. In Memorial Park, any dog not leashed must be under the control of its owner or custodian by verbal command, remote controlled electronic device or other means actually sufficient to control the dog. Any dog present in Memorial Park and more than 90 feet from its owner or custodian (unless confined to its owner’s or custodian’s motor vehicle) shall be in violation of town ordinance.
  2. Dogs are NOT ALLOWED in Town Park.
  3. Owners are required to “pick-up” after their dogs and discard excrement in acceptable receptacle.
  4. The Town of Lake City requires you register your dog each year for a small fee.  You must provide proof of the animal’s rabies vaccination.  There is a discount for dogs that have been spayed or neutered.  A license shall be obtained within 30 days of acquiring any dog or 30 days after first bringing the dog into town. 

You can register your dog at the Hinsdale County Sheriff's Department, located at 311 Henson Street, next to the county courthouse.  For more information, call the Sheriff’s Department at 970-944-2291.

Dog License Fee

  • Spayed or neutered: $5 per year
  • Not Spayed, not neutered:  $15 per year

Additional Local Regulations and Customs

Lake City has a wildlife protection ordinance that prohibits the feeding of wildlife.  Please do not feed wild animals.  Bears, in particular, are an increasing nuisance in Lake City and feeding them could result in their destruction.

Please refrain from activities that produce loud noises and playing loud music or musical instruments from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.

Residents and visitors appreciate our very dark, nighttime sky that allows full view of the stars and other celestial bodies.  Please avoid the prolonged use of bright outdoor lighting that may wash out the nighttime sky.

Noxious Weeds

The Town of Lake City Ordinance No. 1 (Series 1998) and Ordinance No. 3 (Series 2007) specifies a list of undesirable plants (noxious weed species) subject to control. The plants on the following list have been declared a public nuisance.  To combat the spread of these weeds and inhibit their supplanting vulnerable native species, it is considered the general duty of property owners to eliminate these undesirable plants from their property in a manner that is “safe and practical under the circumstances, giving proper regard to other laws, ordinances, rules and regulations enacted for preservation of public and environmental health, safety and welfare.”

Noxious Weed Species designated “Undesirable Plants” within Town of Lake City:

Black henbane, Canada thistle, Dalmatian toadflax, Diffuse knapweed, False chamomile, Field bindweed, Hoary cress, Leafy spurge, Musk thistle, Oxeye daisy, Purple loosestrife, Russian knapweed, Spotted knapweed, Yellow toadflax

Local Siting Watch List: Cheatgrass, Poison hemlock