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Here are the guidelines for leaf cleanup this year. It is important that all property owners follow these simple guidelines as it is up to each homeowner to maintain their lot’s appearance during the season. TO BAG OR NOT TO BAG: This season, you can choose to blow your leaves to the “curb” or bag your leaves. If you opt to bag your leaves, please use only paper leaf bags like those sold at Home Depot (about $2.50 for a pack of 5) … no plastic bags. You can place the bags curbside or bring them to the trash area. Leaf bags should be placed to the back of the dumpsters. Do not place them in front of the trash or recycling dumpsters. Blow leaves to the roadside but not into the roads. The leaves should be put in piles approximately 3 feet wide and extend along the entire road footage of your property if necessary. It is important to get them as close to the edge of the roads as possible because the vacuum hose cannot reach more than a few feet from the road. PLEASE DO NOT BLOW LEAVES OR THROW BRANCHES ON TO COMMON LOTS OR AREAS especially along the perimeter of our community. This just makes more work for our maintenance crew. PLEASE DO NOT PUT BRANCHES OR LANDSCAPING STONES IN WITH THE LEAVES: We cannot mix branches in the leaf dumpster and the vacuum truck cannot handle branches, tree limbs, landscaping stones, shells, or other debris. Please separate branches and tree limbs and our maintenance personnel will pick them up separately. We are experiencing problems with homeowners raking up too many stones in their leaf piles which results costly repairs to leaf vacuum. Raking may cause more stones to be dragged into the leaf pile than using a blower. If the maintenance crew finds that your leaf pile has too many stones in it, they will leave a notice on your door. You will then have to bag your leaves. Sunday, May 3rd is the deadline for placing leaves curbside this year. After that week, all leaves must be bagged. Maintenance will not be bringing out the leaf vac to pick up leaves from one or two locations. Letters will also be mailed to homeowners that have not cleared their lots by mid-May. The Board will then assign Maintenance to clear your lot and the homeowner will be required to pay the cost of the cleanup. The charge for this late cleanup will be $150.00 per lot under 3700 sq. feet and $200.00 per lot over 3700 sq. feet not including Lots 31-37 which will cost $250.00. And, PLEASE … if you know a neighbor that needs help clearing their leaves, please lend a helping hand. Or if you need help and can’t afford to pay a leaf cleanup fee, please reach out as there are neighbors willing to lend a hand too. If you are unable to clean up the leaves on your own or cannot complete the cleanup by May 3rd, you can request that the Association’s Maintenance Crew clear the leaves from your lot. (See attached price list.) You are also welcome to hire an outside landscaping service to come in and do the work for you. The Board of Trustees greatly appreciates everyone’s cooperation with this program and we look forward to seeing everyone back for the 2026 season. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Board at [email protected] or Property Management at 609-390-0300 or [email protected]. Thank you, OSC Board of Trustees 2026 LEAF CLEANUP PRICING
Based on Lot Size If homeowners wish to have the Association’s Maintenance Crew clear the leaves from their individual lots, the price is as follows:
$150.00 -- Lots OVER 3700 square feet (excluding Lots 31-37) listed below.
$200.00 -- Lots 31-37 REQUESTS MUST BE MADE VIA THE BOARD EMAIL ([email protected]) NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15TH CHECKS SHOULD BE MADE OUT TO “OLD STAGECOACH CAMPGROUND” WITH A NOTE INDICATING THE PAYMENT IS FOR LEAF REMOVAL AND MAILED TO: Property Management Consultants 15 N. Shore Road Marmora, NJ 08223 Dear Homeowners ... We will be using the leaf vacuum on a limited basis for the last 2 weeks of October if you are planning to clear leaves from your property. Outside that window, you are welcome to bag leaves (paper only please) and place them directly behind the trash dumpsters. Leaf pickup will resume at the end of March. Thanks for your cooperation and understanding. OSC Board  Dear Homeowners ... If you would like your leaves picked up at the "curb" by our Leaf Vac, you will need to rake or blow them there by Sunday evening, May 4th. The week of May 5th will be the last week that Maintenance will be using the Leaf Vac. NOTE: You can still bag your leaves for pickup. Paper leaf bags only, please! All leaves must be cleared from properties by the end of the Memorial Day weekend. Afterwards, Maintenance will clear your lot and you will be charged as follows: Cleanup will be $150.00 per lot under 3700 sq. feet and $200.00 per lot over 3700 sq. feet not including Lots 31-37 which will cost $250.00. Thank you in advance for your cooperation!  Just a quick reminder that leaves need to be raked or blown to the "curb" by Sunday, May 4th for pickup by our leaf vacuum that week. After May 4th, you will need to bag your leaves (paper bags only please). Leaf Cleanup Guidelines are attached and were also included in our Spring mailing. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to the Board at [email protected] Dear Homeowners, Our Maintenance Staff will be starting tomorrow, Monday, March 10th, and their first order of business will be clearing leaves from our Community. As you rake or blow your own leaves to the "curb" over the next 2 months, please be sure to review the attached Leaf Cleanup Guidelines. Take care not to rake too many rocks or shells in with your leaves and remove any branches. (Branches should be piled separately.) All of these can severely damage our vacuum hose. If you choose to bag your leaves, please use paper (not plastic) bags. Sunday, May 4th is the last day to place leaves "curbside" this year. We will be offering Leaf Cleanup Services through our Maintenance Staff again this year. Prices range from $100.00 to $200.00 depending on the size of your lot. See attached flyer for details. Requests must be made to the Board email account ([email protected]) no later than April 15th. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. OSC Board 
Dear Homeowners ...
If you're down this weekend (October 26/27) and want to rake your leaves to the "curb", you're in luck. We'll have limited pickup with our leaf vac the week of October 28. For all other times, you can continue to bag your leaves in PAPER leaf bags and bring them to the Maintenance area. Bags can be placed behind the green dumpsters. No plastic bags please! Thanks for your cooperation and understanding. Dear Homeowners ...
Leaf collection will be very limited for the remainder of October. As of Wednesday, we are down to one Maintenance employee working limited hours and she cannot run the leaf vacuum alone. If you wish to rake the leaves on your lot, please bag them in paper leaf bags. You can leave them "at the curb" or place them behind the dumpsters in the Maintenance Yard. Leaf bags will NOT be picked up after Monday, October 28th. Our apologies for the inconvenience. Someone placed branches on the top of our leaf dumpster in the last 24 hours ... which is a problem for several reasons.
We currently have a separate pile behind the dumpsters for branches. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.  Dear Homeowners ...
Monday, May 6th is the deadline for placing leaves curbside this year. After that date, all leaves must be bagged. (Paper bags please. Leaves can also be placed behind the dumpsters.) Maintenance will not be bringing out the leaf vac to pick up leaves from one or two locations. Letters will also be mailed to homeowners who have not cleared their lots. The Board will then assign someone to clear your lot and the homeowner will be required to pay the cost of the cleanup. The charge for cleanup will be $150.00 per lot under 3700 sq. feet and $200.00 per lot over 3700 sq. feet not including Lots 31-37 which will cost $250.00. There will be no recourse available after the letters are mailed and you will be required to pay the cleanup costs. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Sincerely, OSC Board Dear Homeowners ... Not only is it "tax day", but it is also the last day to put in a request for OSC Maintenance to clear the leaves on your lot per our Spring Letter and a previous post.
A few guidelines ...
The COSTS** ...
** Note: As previously stated, leaves not cleared by the May 6th deadline will be subject to an additional $50.00 fee ($150.00, $200.00, and $250.00, respectively) for leaf cleanup as we want to utilize maintenance's time in May to get the pool ready for opening on Memorial Day Weekend, not to clear leaves. OSC Board |
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