Oxnard, CA Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest set-out
- 12 hours before pickup time
- Cart removal
- Same collection day, not left after
- Curb standard
- As close as practicable to curb line
- Street/alley placement
- Barred without city manager approval
- Governing section
- Oxnard Code §19-192
Summary
Oxnard limits when and where collection carts can sit outside under City Code § 19-192. Carts may go out no more than 12 hours before the city-designated pickup time, must not remain curbside after the collection day, and must sit as close as practicable to the curb or right-of-way line while awaiting service.
(2) Collection containers shall be placed for collection by the time designated by resolution of the city council, or at any time within 12 hours prior to the designated collection time. No person shall permit collection containers of any solid waste, recyclable, or organic materials to remain at such locations after the designated collection day. ... (B) Any collection container or any solid waste, recyclable or organic materials to be placed for collection on the lot where generated adjacent to a street, shall be placed as close as practicable to the curb line or right-of-way line of the street.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Contains Supplement current through 1-26-2026).
Full Breakdown
Section 19-192 governs curbside and alley placement of solid waste, recycling, and organics containers. Subsection (A)(1) bars putting containers out for collection on any day other than the day set under the article or the city's collection regulations. Subsection (A)(2) fixes the placement window: carts must go out by the time the city council designates by resolution, or at any point within the 12 hours immediately before that designated time, and no person may let a container remain at the curb after the designated collection day passes.
Subsection (A)(3) requires each emptied container to be returned to the location where it is permitted to be stored under the code or the city manager's regulations, which ties into the citywide screening and storage rules for carts kept out of public view between pickups. Subsection (B) sets the physical placement standard for the collection point itself: containers or loose recyclable and organic materials generated on the lot must be set as close as practicable to the curb line or the street right-of-way line. Subsection (C) then bars leaving any container or materials within the limits of a street or alley unless the city manager specifically directs otherwise, protecting travel lanes and drainage from parked carts.
The rules apply to single-family, multi-family, and commercial accounts alike, since all three generator classes are required to use the city's container collection service under § 19-160.
Violations & Fines
Placement violations fall under the same § 19-201 enforcement scheme as the rest of Article II: the city manager or designee may issue a notice of violation, and offenders face the § 1-10 penalty of a misdemeanor fine up to $1,000 and up to six months in jail, or an infraction fine of $100 to $500 depending on how many times the same section has been violated within a year.
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