Victorville, CA Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Set-out deadline
- Curb by 6:00 a.m. on collection day
- Early limit
- Not visible from street before 6 p.m. prior day
- Take-in deadline
- Removed by 8:00 p.m. day of collection
- Orientation
- Wheels to curb, handles toward the house
- Spacing
- 3 feet apart, 3 feet from hydrants/mailboxes/vehicles
Summary
Victorville tells residents exactly how and when to set out trash and recycling carts. Municipal Code Section 6.36.130 requires containers at the curb with wheels against the curb and handles facing the house by six a.m. on collection day, and bans leaving them out before six p.m. the night before or after eight p.m. the day of pickup.
(d)Residential solid waste and recycling containers shall be placed in the street or alley with the wheels against the curb and the handles facing the premises. Containers shall be three feet apart and shall be placed at least three feet from mail boxes, fire hydrants, vehicles, or other objects which would interfere with collection.(e)Each container containing solid waste or recyclable materials shall be so placed for each respective collection period not later than six a.m.(f)No person shall leave any residential container(s), bulky items or any other items scheduled for special collection service, at the street curb or in the alley, or in any other place on or by the premises visible from the street before six p.m. on the day prior to the day of pick up or collection, or after eight p.m. on the day of collection.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 57).
Full Breakdown
130(a) requires each cart to be kept on the premises of the person using the container, except when it is placed out for collection, so carts cannot live at the curb full time. On pickup day, subsection (b) requires containers placed for collection on the curb in front of the premises, or the side curb for corner lots, and subsection (c) allows placement within two feet of the rear property line for homes on a paved alley wide enough for the collection truck. Subsection (d) sets the exact orientation: residential solid waste and recycling containers shall be placed in the street or alley with the wheels against the curb and the handles facing the premises, spaced three feet apart and at least three feet from mail boxes, fire hydrants, vehicles, or other objects which would interfere with collection.
on the day of collection. Commercial accounts follow a separate rule: subsections (g) and (h) require commercial containers placed where the city manager or a designee approves, with clearances for the collection truck's turning radius, and subsection (i) bars storing commercial containers or bins on any public right-of-way.
Violations & Fines
Leaving a cart at the curb outside the placement window, storing a commercial bin on the public right-of-way, or blocking mailboxes, hydrants, or vehicles within the required three-foot clearance violates Section 6.36.130. Chapter 6.36 violations are enforced under Section 6.36.170, applying the infraction penalties of Section 1.04.010, and a contaminated or improperly filled container can also draw a red-tag notice of non-collection under Section 6.36.111.
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