Cathedral City, CA Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

Section 6.04.210 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code sets the container rules for every premises in Cathedral City, California. Subsection (A) requires the person in charge of a premises to keep a sufficient number of containers to hold all solid waste, including gray container waste, non-organic recyclables and organic waste, that accumulates each week without spilling, leaking or emitting odors, and to put each material in the proper container.

Subsection (B) governs set-out. To minimize interference with public rights-of-way, a container cannot be placed in the right-of-way for collection by the solid waste franchisee more than twenty-four hours before the normal collection time. A container placed out for collection must be removed within twenty-four hours after collection.

Subsection (C) governs storage and screening. Except while a container is placed for collection, no container shall be visible from the public right-of-way. At a single-family residential premises, a debris box can sit where it is visible from the public right-of-way for up to thirty consecutive days and no more than sixty total days during any twelve month period.

Related sections add detail. Under § 6.04.220, each person in charge of a premises is responsible for cleaning up any solid waste spilled on the premises until the franchisee has picked it up, including spills caused by animals, wind or other natural forces. Under § 6.04.600, no person other than the person in charge of the premises or a city solid waste franchisee can remove a container from where it was placed for storage or collection, remove waste from it, or move it without prior written approval. Section 6.04.660 bars placing anything in another person's containers without permission, and § 6.04.610 bars leaving bulky waste in a street or public right-of-way without first arranging collection.