Hemet, CA Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Set-out window
- Up to 24 hrs before pickup
- Removal window
- Within 24 hrs after pickup
- Containers required
- Franchise-provided or self-haul permit only
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor, Ch. 62
Summary
Hemet limits when residents may roll carts and bins to the curb: no more than 24 hours before pickup, and containers must come back off the right-of-way within 24 hours after collection.
To minimize interference with public rights-of-way, no person shall place a container in a public right-of-way for collection by the appropriate solid waste franchisee more than 24 hours prior to the normal collection time. Containers placed in a public right-of-way for collection shall be removed from the right-of-way within 24 hours after collection.(c)Storage. 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. A debris box may be placed in a location that is visible from the public right-of-way at a single-family residential premises for up to 30 consecutive days and for no more than 60 total days during any 12-month period. (Ord. No. 1890, § 1(Exh. A), 7-8-14; Ord. No. 1908, § 1(Exh. A), 10-27-15)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 69 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
Under Hemet's solid waste ordinance, every premises must keep enough carts or bins to hold a week's trash, recyclables, and organic waste, and use only containers supplied by the city's franchise hauler or approved under a self-haul permit. Containers may be placed in the public right-of-way for collection no more than 24 hours before the normal pickup time and must be removed within 24 hours after collection. Leaving containers out longer interferes with the right-of-way and is enforceable by the city under Chapter 62.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 62 violations are misdemeanors enforceable by administrative citation, criminal citation, or nuisance abatement; unauthorized or unremoved containers can also be tagged and impounded by the city under Section 62-84.
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