Moorpark, CA Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- MMC § 8.36.070(B)
- Street placement
- Behind curbline or right-of-way line
- Alley placement
- Close to the property line
- Sidewalk placement
- Never permitted, public or private
Summary
Moorpark requires bulky items like couches and appliances to be set out behind the curbline or, on alleys, next to the property line, never on a sidewalk, under Municipal Code Section 8.36.070.
Any container or bulky item permitted to be placed for collection adjacent to a street must be placed behind but as close to the curbline or the street right-of-way line as practicable. Any such container, bulky item, or solid waste material permitted to be placed for collection adjacent to an alley must be placed on the premises as close to the property line as practicable. At no time may containers be placed on a sidewalk, either public or private.
C. No person may place a container or bulky item adjacent to a street, alley, or public right-of-way before five-thirty (5:30) p.m. on the day before the collection day set by the collector. All containers and bulky items permitted to be placed for collection must be placed in a proper collection location before seven (7:00) a.m. on the day of collection.
D. After the collection of solid waste, each container must be promptly removed no later than ten (10:00) p.m. on the day of collection and returned to a location on the premises where the container cannot be viewed from the street and that is screened from public view. No container shall be stored on a premises side yard that abuts any public street or in any premises front yard.
E. No container shall be placed on any public right-of-way other than on collection days without an encroachment permit having been obtained from the city pursuant to the code. (Ord. 394 § 1, 2010; Ord. 478 § 5, 2020; Ord. 495 § 1, 2021)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4978490; v10 updated 2026-07-01).
Full Breakdown
Moorpark's solid waste code treats bulky items the same as trash and recycling containers for placement purposes: anything set out street-side must sit behind the curbline or right-of-way line, and anything set out along an alley must sit close to the property line. Bulky items and containers can never be placed on a sidewalk, public or private. Residents arrange special bulky-item pickups directly through the city's franchised hauler under Municipal Code Section 8.36.380, and the city's administrative authority can cite placements that violate the location rules in Section 8.36.070 as a nuisance.
Violations & Fines
Setting a bulky item or container on a sidewalk, or outside the permitted placement window, violates Section 8.36.070 and can be enforced as a public nuisance by the city.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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