Westminster, CA Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

045 governs refuse and recyclable materials storage citywide. General standards in subsection B bar storage areas from any required front yard or street side yard, forbid blocking a parking stall, driveway, drive aisle, loading area or pedestrian walkway, and require storage gates to be oriented to minimize visibility from adjacent properties and the public right-of-way. Structures used for storage must match the architectural features of the associated building. For single-family and small multi-family projects, Table 3-3 sets the minimum standard: at least 3 cubic feet of collection and storage space per new single-family dwelling, located in a side yard behind a gate at least 40 inches wide (enough to roll a 90-gallon container through), behind a fence or wall, or inside a garage.

320 still have to be maintained. New duplex-to-fourplex projects need one 65- or 90-gallon trash container and one recycling container per unit, or two 3-cubic-yard bins per development. For multi-family projects with a shared enclosure, subsection B(6) forces a trash compactor for any dwelling more than 100 feet of walking distance from the enclosure, and caps the walking distance at 250 feet in every case. Larger developments, commercial, industrial and institutional uses answer instead to the Midway City Sanitary District's Commercial Solid Waste and Recycling Design and Construction Standards referenced in subsection D of the same table.