A Perimeter Center turnover looks like junk removal until the building manager asks for the certificate and the elevator slot. High-rise residential towers here want a scheduled freight elevator, a dock under 11 feet 6 inches, and insurance on file before the crew touches a mattress. You are the property manager or the tenant’s authorized representative. If you book a curb-style crew, they will be denied at the dock and the move-out slot will die with them.
- Submit an accord liability certificate with the property-management endorsement 24 hours before the elevator is reserved.
- The limits named here are $1 million and $2 million general liability.
- Reserve the dock 24 to 48 hours ahead, and expect a two-hour loading window once you are in.
The rule at the dock
The county code still sits underneath the building’s rules. DeKalb’s solid-waste chapter is the ordinance page this note cites, because a commercial turnover in this part of the county does not escape the landfill duty: DeKalb County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 22, solid waste. The tower-specific facts are the management rules: $1 million / $2 million liability before dock entry, an accord certificate with the endorsement, and the elevator held until that paper is 24 hours old. Clearance under 11 feet 6 inches is the physical limit. This page does not pretend the county code text itself prints the inch measurement. The measurement is the building constraint that makes the tower different from a DeKalb house.
Answer the card with the clearance you measured. Yes means 11 feet 6 inches or lower, so the hauler knows to send a truck that lives under that number. No means the dock is taller or there is no dock, which is also useful. Neither answer refuses a residential turnover. A house is still in spec. What this page adds is the dock, not a new kind of waste.
What happens if the paper or the truck is wrong
The dock denies entry, and the move-out time slot is cancelled. You do not get a partial credit in the form of “leave it in the hallway.” The next available elevator may be another day, and the unit is still full. A certificate emailed the morning of the reservation misses the 24-hour endorsement rule this note uses. A truck that looks fine on the highway and stands taller than 11 feet 6 inches misses the building entirely. Both failures waste the reservation you already fought to get.
Who signs, how long it takes, and how a house differs
| Item | What this note says |
|---|---|
| Who signs | Property manager, or the tenant’s authorized representative. |
| Timeline | Dock reserved 24–48 hours ahead. Accord certificate 24 hours before the elevator. Two-hour loading window. |
| If you skip it | Dock access denied, and the move-out slot cancelled. |
| How a house differs | Suburban residential junk removal in DeKalb or Fulton needs no liability certificate and no dock coordination. |
That last row is the whole reason this URL exists. Swap the tower for a DeKalb house and the certificate, the elevator, and the 11-foot-6 dock all become nonsense. The county landfill rule can remain: a commercial turnover may still owe Seminole Road’s $63.00 per ton and the tare ticket once the truck is legally loaded. The building will not let you reach that scale without the dock. Buckhead’s problem is a two-hour street clock on a heavy truck, which will not open a Perimeter freight elevator. Do not use one note as a script for the other.
Checklist for a tower move-out
- Measure the dock. Yes on the card means 11 feet 6 inches or lower.
- Order the accord certificate with the property-management endorsement.
- Submit it 24 hours before you reserve the freight elevator.
- Reserve the dock 24 to 48 hours ahead and protect the two-hour window.
- Name the signer: the property manager or the tenant’s authorized representative.
- Keep DeKalb disposal rules in mind for the truck after it leaves, without pretending the dock is optional.
The timeline this document actually names
No Perimeter Center per-ton fee is printed here. The clock is the reservation: 24 to 48 hours for the dock, 24 hours for the certificate before the elevator, and two hours to load. The insurance figures are $1 million and $2 million, which are limits, not a price for the haul. The haul band of $150 to $1,800 still describes the crew when you are comparing callbacks, and it is not a building fee. If a vendor bundles a “dock charge” into a single number, ask them to split the certificate timing from the labor. This note can check the timing. It cannot bless an invented dock price.
Questions people ask before they send the job
Do junk haulers need a COI to clear out Perimeter Center apartments?
Yes. High-rise property management on this note requires a $1 million / $2 million general liability certificate before the hauler enters the loading dock. The working rule is an accord certificate with the property-management endorsement, submitted 24 hours before the freight elevator is reserved. A verbal “we are insured” does not hold the dock. A house in suburban DeKalb or Fulton does not need this certificate, which is why the tower is its own page.
What truck sizes can fit in Perimeter Center apartment loading bays?
The clearance named here is under 11 feet 6 inches. A truck taller than that does not fit, and this note does not publish a list of box-truck model names that do. The card asks whether the dock is at or under that height. Two hours is the loading window once you are in, and the dock itself is reserved 24 to 48 hours ahead. If you do not know the clearance, measure it before you promise a tall truck.
How is bulky furniture removed from high-rise units?
Through a reserved freight elevator, inside a two-hour dock window, after the certificate is on file. The elevator reservation sits 24 hours behind the accord endorsement. Bulky pieces that will not fit the elevator are a building problem you should describe on the form, not a reason to use a passenger cab. This note does not name a stair carry as an approved backup, and it does not price one. Denial of the dock cancels the move-out slot.
What is the turn-around time for tenant move-out cleanouts?
Plan on 24 to 48 hours to reserve the dock, and 24 hours before the elevator for the certificate. The loading window, once reserved, is two hours. That is the timeline this note names. It is not a same-day promise, and it is not a per-ton landfill clock. DeKalb’s $63.00 per ton commercial rate at Seminole Road can still apply to the disposal of a commercial turnover, but the tower will not let you reach that scale if the dock paperwork is missing.