MAX Bus will be adding a new Zeeland route beginning April 6, 2009. A Master Bus Schedule will be available soon. To read the press release about the changes or to read some Q & A's about the Zeeland route, please click on the appropriate links below.

Riley Street Brush Drop-Off Facility: The drop off site is located on the north side of Riley, between Centennial and Fairview. This site is currently closed until spring 2012. Regular hours for the season are Fridays from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and Saturdays from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. City residents may bring tree limbs and shrub debris to the site for disposal. No leaves, grass clippings or other garden debris is allowed. For more information, please contact the City Services & Infrastructure Department at 772-0870.

Winterizing Your Mailbox / Damage Policy

Damage to mailboxes generally results from pressure of snow being plowed from the street to the shoulder, bending or breaking the post and/or mailbox. The City of Zeeland's policy on mailbox damage is as follows:

"Federal law allows the erection of personal mailboxes within public right-of-ways. However, it does not place a duty on the part of the municipal jurisdiction to maintain or repair such mailboxes. Mailboxes, therefore, assume the position of other items within the right-of-way that may be there lawfully, but at the pleasure of the individual owners. All citizens with mailboxes in the right-of-way have a duty to ensure that they are properly constructed and must repair them if, by some occurrence, they are damaged.

If a truck or plow actually strikes the post or mailbox, that type of claim is valid and the property owner or resident can submit a claim against the city for referral to our insurance carrier."

To see some examples of mailbox barriers, please click on the links provided below:

City of Holland

Ottawa County Road Commission (click on "Mailbox Policy")