Clovis, CA Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Curb/alley set-out deadline
- 6:00 a.m. on collection day
- Empty-container removal deadline
- Noon the day after pickup
- Storage limit between pickups
- No closer than the building setback
- Alley-front properties
- Must use alley unless too narrow
- Loose material
- Boxes/bags outside containers not collected
Summary
Clovis property owners on alleys must use the alley for garbage, rubbish, and greenwaste pickup and put containers out before 6:00 a.m. on collection day. Everyone else places containers at the street curb edge by the same 6:00 a.m. deadline and must pull the empty containers back by noon the following day.
All persons occupying or in the possession of any premises which do not abut an alleyway or those whose alleyways are determined by the City to be too narrow as provided in (a) above shall place all containers provided by the City or its authorized agent at the street curb edge before 6:00 a.m. on the day of the scheduled collection of such waste material and shall remove the empty container(s) by noon of the following day. No container shall be stored between collection days any closer to the street than the required building setback, except on the day of the scheduled collection.
Full Breakdown
06 splits collection points into two tracks. on the scheduled collection day, unless the City determines the alley is too narrow for a fully automated truck to safely empty containers without endangering property, the truck, or the container itself. on collection day and remove the emptied container by noon the next day. Between collection days, no container may sit any closer to the street than the property's required building setback, except on the actual collection day. 04 separately bars leaving loose boxes, bundles, or bags outside the assigned containers, since only material inside a City-provided container gets collected.
Violations & Fines
A missed pull-in or an early curb set-out is enforced through Chapter 6.3's general violations clause, § 6.3.18, which makes any unlawful act or unlawfully kept garbage or rubbish under the chapter a misdemeanor. Under the Code's general penalty, § 1.2.01, that carries up to a $1,000 fine, up to six months in jail, or both, with the City Attorney free to charge it instead as an infraction carrying escalating fines of $100, $200, and $500 for repeat violations within a year.
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