The Village of Tobaccoville
provides the following services within the corporate limits.
Please visit this area of the website for updates, additions,
and deletions to Village services.
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Garbage and Recycling
The Village of Tobaccoville provides weekly curbside garbage
and recycling service to residents, businesses, and churches
within the Tobaccoville Village limits under a contract with
Kiser's Garbage and Containers. This contract is currently in
effect until June 30, 2009.
The Village of Tobaccoville and Kiser's Garbage & Containers
provides one recycling bin and one 96-gallon roll cart at each
residence. These items are the property of the Village and Kiser's
Garbage and are to remain at the residence. All trash should
be placed inside the cart with the lid closed. Only 96 gallons
of garbage is allowed per residence per week and overages ouside
the cart will not be picked up. Each residence is limited to
one weekly recycling bin pick-up, and both containers should
be placed at the curb by 7 a.m. on pick-up day. With the implementation
of the new roll cart pick-up procedure, it is important to remember
to place the cart facing the street for ease of collection.
Kiser's Garbage
will not pick up hazardous waste, abandoned vehicles, vehicle
parts, bulky waste, construction debris, large equipment and
parts, tires, paints, yard waste, wood, or other items specifically
mentioned by contract.
Items which can
be picked up for recycling include newspaper, glass containers,
aluminum beverage cans, steel cans, HDPE and PETE plastic containers,
and magazines. Please use this link (Recycling
Guidelines) for more detailed recycling instructions.
Back door garbage
service is available and can be arranged by calling Village
Hall. There is a $4.50 monthly fee which is billed directly
to residents by Kiser's Garbage & Containers.
If a holiday interrupts
normal scheduled service, the affected parties will be notified
through the newsletter and the website. If you have questions
concerning holiday garbage schedules, you may also contact (Village
Hall) for instructions.
If weather conditions prohibit garbage and/or recycling collection,
please watch WXII Channel 12 for rescheduling information posted
by the adminstrative staff.
For your convenience,
we have listed the weekly collection routes:
Monday
Pick-up
Wide Country Estates, Simpson Forest,
Kapp Road, Mizpah Church Road,
Griffin Road, Whippoorwill Lane,
Old Griffin Road, Shore Road,
Loretta Lane, Stroup Farm Road,
Woody Lane, Moore Road,
Moore-RJR Road, Jefferson Church Road,
Creek Farm Road, Stewart Farm Road,
Sedecca Drive, Bethania Ridge,
Doral Drive (South Of the 4-way stop), &
Tobaccoville Road (East of the 4-way stop)
Tuesday Pick-up
The Meadows, Spainhour Mill Road,
Richardson Avenue, Rolling Hill Drive,
Fip Newsome Road, Rockwell Place,
Ridge Road, Alandale Lane, Reid Road,
Kenleigh Forest Road, Leafmore Lane,
Vienna-Dozier Road, Highway 67,
Bowens Road, Watts Shore Estates,
Doral Drive (North of the 4-way stop), &
Tobaccoville Road (West of the 4-way stop)
Bulky Item Pick-up
The Village of Tobaccoville sponsors one bulk item pickup per
year for all residents within the municipal limits. Bulk pickup
is scheduled to start April
14, 2008 at 7 a.m.
Hazardous
Household Waste Collection
The Village of Tobaccoville does not offer hazardous household
waste disposal as a service performed or paid for by Village
taxes. This is, in part, due to the extreme difficulty and expense
of collecting, transporting, and disposing of such items. However,
Forsyth County residents have the opportunity to dispose of
hazardous household waste FREE of charge. This
service is sponsored by the City/County Utility Commission,
and the company which receives the waste is called 3RC -
The Envirostation. Residents may bring hazardous household
waste to their facility which is located directly across from
Bowman Gray Stadium at 1401 S. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive
in Winston-Salem. 3RC is open Tuesday through Friday
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Their
number is (336) 784-4300.
Wastes generated by commercial or industrial businesses are
not accepted. Examples of acceptable household waste includes
metal polish, oven cleaners, fluorescent light bulbs, rug shampoos,
bug sprays, pesticides, gasoline, fuel oil, anti-freeze, brake
fluid, car batteries, glues, chemical strippers, solvents, thinners,
batteries, unmixed photographic materials or other poisonous
fluids, ignitable, corrosive products, motor oils and paints.
3RC asks that residents please do not mix hazardous
wastes and keep them in their original container, if possible.
If the printed original label on the continer is not readable,
please print the name of the item on the container. Unacceptable
items which may not be brought to 3RC include ammunition,
explosives, radioactive or infectious materials.
Almost all the hazardous household waste taken to this facility
is recycled, and it is an environmentally friendly service.
Residents are encouraged to take advantage of this FREE
service.
Street Lighting
Street lights for the Village of Tobaccoville are erected throughout
the Village based on certain criteria. When the Village incorporated,
the original Council set forth the policy of lighting major
street intersections and at the incorporated limits. With the
help of the Department of Transportation and Duke Power, the
first lighting plan was adopted. At a later date, the Council
decided that businesses located in Tobaccoville should also
receive lighting. Later, the Council decided to place a street
light at churches in the Village limits. The Department of Transportation
now sets stricter guidelines on where lighting can be placed
and also regulates the illumination factor or brightness of
the street lights along state owned and maintained roads. Since
most roads within the Village of Tobaccoville are state owned
and maintained, this fact alone dictates many of the street
lighting locations. Currently, all major intersections within
the Village are lighted, and the Village can place lights at
churches and businesses on state maintained roads subject to
Department of Transportation approval. The Village does not
at this time place street lighting in any residential developments.
Street Maintenance
Due to limited resources and the desire to keep the tax rate
low, the Village of Tobaccoville only owns and maintains a very
limited amount of street system. Most of the street system within
the Village limits is state owned and maintained or privately
owned and maintained. The Village currently owns and maintains
approximately .22 of a mile of street system. The Village will
replace existing street signs within it's limits which have
fallen down or been destroyed at the Village's expense. Signs,
which are put up by the Department of Transportation, are replaced
by the Department of Transportation. If you wish to report a
problem with a street or street sign on any street within the
Village limits, the staff will be happy to listen to you and
try to help solve the problem. This may mean we will call the
DOT or come out and look at your particular situation. We welcome
the opportunity to be of assistance.
The Village
Park
The Village of Tobaccoville operates and maintains The Village
Park. This is open to the public during operating hours every
day. Please use this link (PARK) to
visit this area of the website. It is very special and has many
attractions.
