Manteca, CA Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest set-out
- Sundown, day before pickup
- Must be removed by
- End of collection day
- Cart spacing
- 2 ft apart, 3 ft from cars
- Storage between pickups
- Out of street view
Summary
Manteca residents may not roll their trash cart to the curb before sundown the night before pickup, and it has to come back off the curb the same collection day.
Solid waste containers shall not be placed at the curb prior to sundown on the day prior to collection. All containers shall be removed from curb within such collection day. Containers shall be stored out of sight when viewed from the street, except during the collection process.
E. At a premises where refuse collection is provided in an alley, containers may be stored in the alley but only in places where vehicular traffic is not impeded. In the event it is determined by the director or the director's designee that the storage of containers interferes with vehicular traffic in an alley, the director shall provide written notice to the customer that containers shall not be stored in the alley.
F. Commercial customers shall place solid waste containers in a location that is readily accessible to the city's collection vehicles, and that has received the director's prior approval as conforming to requirements for solid waste container facilities.
G. Failure to place containers in an approved location shall constitute cause for the city's refusal to perform collection services.
H. Any gate to the container storage area must be maintained by the property owner in good working condition, and shall be left unlocked on the regularly scheduled collection day. Any animals shall be restrained.
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Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4829770; v11 updated 2026-04-21).
Full Breakdown
Manteca Municipal Code § 13.02.160 sets the rules for where and when carts sit. Residential customers place carts in the gutter next to the curb, spaced about two feet apart and three feet from parked cars. Containers can't go out at the curb until sundown the day before collection, and every container has to be pulled back in during the same collection day; between pickups, carts must be stored out of sight from the street. Alley-served customers may store containers in the alley as long as they don't block traffic, and any gate to a container storage area has to stay unlocked on collection day.
Violations & Fines
Leaving a cart at the curb outside the allowed window, or storing it in street view between pickups, violates § 13.02.160(D) and is enforceable as a code infraction, with fines up to $500 for repeat violations.
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