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

Section 8.28.180 is the set-out rule for the City of Yucaipa, and its numbers are specific. Subsection D bars placing a container adjacent to a street or public right-of-way for collection service more than twenty-four hours before the normal collection time. Subsection E requires containers to be removed from the street or right-of-way location within twelve hours after collection. Subsection H requires all residential solid waste to be at the curb pickup site by six a.m. on the designated pickup day. Subsection B adds that no one can maintain or place for collection a container that does not conform to the standard container or bin designated by the city.

The same section governs how carts are kept. Under subsection I every person served must keep the receptacle in a clean and sanitary condition, and under subsection J yard waste goes in a separate container specified by the city manager. Section 8.28.210 requires residential containers to be placed at the curb or right-of-way during collection hours and to be accessible for mechanized pick-up, which means a cart blocked by a parked car or wall is not set out in compliance. Between collections, § 8.28.170 requires containers to be kept in a suitable place defined by the development code, zoning code or general plan, generally out of direct view from the adjoining public street.

Two exceptions matter. Section 8.28.450(A) lets the city waive placement of standard containers at the street, as an exception to § 8.28.170, for residential parcels over two and one-half acres or homes extremely removed from the street, provided the containers are screened as the development code requires and the city's code compliance officer validates the need. Section 8.28.450(C) entitles handicapped individuals who show their status to free carry out to the collection vehicle. Cart theft and tampering are covered too: § 8.28.190 makes it unlawful to use another person's refuse containers, and § 8.28.230 bars removing refuse from, or moving, a container without written approval of the person in charge of the premises.