Dublin, CA Property Maintenance: Trash Bin Storage (2026)

Dublin's discarded-materials and property-maintenance rules govern how residents store and present their carts. Under the city's container standards, all residential collection containers must be removed the day after collection so as not to be visible from the public street, except for such containers stored in side yards. The city's waste-handling standards require that containers be watertight, noncorrodible, nonabsorbent and durable, and be kept in a clean and sanitary condition at all times. The hauler, Amador Valley Industries (AVI), provides a black/gray landfill cart, blue recycling cart and green compost/organics cart, each serviced weekly. Beyond storage, the Property Maintenance Ordinance (Chapter 5.64) lists 'failure to dispose of trash in a timely manner' and accumulation of garbage and debris among the nuisance conditions visible from a public street that code enforcement addresses; carts that become a source of blight or odor, or trash left out, can therefore draw enforcement. For commercial and multifamily properties, the location, design and construction of trash, recycling and organics enclosures must conform to Chapter 7.98 (Solid Waste and Recycling Enclosure Standards), and a development may need multiple enclosures to meet required capacity. Mandatory three-cart sorting (garbage, recycling, organics) applies to every premises under Chapter 5.32 (Discarded Materials Management).