Under Hemet Municipal Code Sec. 62-11, no cart or bin may be visible from the public right-of-way except when placed out for collection. Carts must be screened from public view between pickups. They may go out no more than 24 hours before pickup and must be brought in within 24 hours after.
Hemet regulates where residents store their trash, recycling and green-waste carts. Hemet Municipal Code Section 62-11(C) provides that "Except during the time a Cart or Bin is placed for collection, no Cart or Bin shall be visible from the public right of way." In practice the City's Trash Cart Storage guidance instructs residents to store carts out of sight from the street between collection days (for example behind a fence, in a side yard, or in the garage). Section 62-11(B) governs setting carts out: no container may be placed in the public right-of-way for collection "more than 24 hours prior to the normal collection time," and containers "shall be removed from the right-of-way within 24 hours after collection." The City's franchise-hauler collection guidelines add operational detail: carts should be placed at the curb no later than 6:00 a.m. on collection day, set side-by-side roughly one foot apart and at least three feet from any obstruction, with handles and wheels facing away from the street. A Debris Box (roll-off) may sit visibly at a single-family home for up to 30 consecutive days and no more than 60 total days in any 12-month period. Cart-storage and over-time placement complaints are handled by Code Compliance; report at 951-765-2339.
Leaving carts visible from the street between collection days, or out too early/late, can prompt a Code Compliance notice to correct. Repeated solid-waste container violations are enforced under HMC Chapter 62 and Code Compliance procedures.
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