Paramount, CA Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)
Key Facts
- Core rule
- Arrange pickup with authorized contractor before placing bulky goods out
- No-cost pickup request
- Not less than 24 hours before normal collection day
- Warning notice
- City can direct removal within 24 hours
- Immediate removal
- Health or safety hazard, blocked right-of-way, extremely unsightly
- Service fee
- Set by City Council resolution
- Repeat offenses
- Escalating fines by resolution, 12-month period
Summary
In the City of Paramount, no one can leave bulky goods beside a street or public right-of-way without first arranging pickup with the City's authorized bulky waste contractor. Owners are responsible for the sidewalk and parkway next to their premises. A request made not less than 24 hours before the normal collection day gets bulky items removed without cost.
A. To protect public health, safety and well-being and to minimize interference with public rights-of-way, no person shall place bulky goods adjacent to a street or public right-of-way without first having made arrangements with a bulky/solid waste removal contractor authorized by the City for the pickup of bulky waste items. ... D. Any property owner or occupant having bulky items or materials that exist on the sidewalk, on the parkway, or in the public right-of-way adjacent to the lot or premises which such person owns or occupies, may, not less than 24 hours prior to the day when solid waste is normally collected from the premises, contact the City or authorized contractor or agent of the City and request that the City or authorized contractor or agent of the City collect such bulky material. If such notice is given, bulky material or items will be removed without cost to the property owner or occupant. ... E. Collection of Fees. The amounts of fees imposed pursuant to this chapter shall be set forth in a schedule of fees established by resolution of the City Council.
Full Breakdown
Section 13.20.190 is the City of Paramount's bulky waste rule. Subsection A bars anyone from placing bulky goods adjacent to a street or public right-of-way without first making arrangements with a bulky or solid waste removal contractor authorized by the City. It also states that, pursuant to State law, each owner of a premises must maintain the sidewalk and parkway adjacent to the premises, including removal of bulky waste, whether or not an occupant generated it or it was placed on the owner's premises without the owner's consent.
Subsection B deems every owner to have authorized the City or its contractor to collect bulky items from the sidewalk, parkway or right-of-way next to the owner's premises, whether or not a removal request was received. The owner pays all removal and disposal costs, including a service fee set by City Council resolution. The City waives that fee for a premises adjacent to an alley, defined as the public right-of-way at the rear of a property that is not intended as a vehicular thoroughfare, unless the City determines an occupant generated the waste or placed it there with the owner's or occupant's consent.
The City can act on its own under subsection C. It can remove the items itself or through contractors, and it can first issue a warning notice directing removal within 24 hours, or remove the items immediately if there is a potential health or safety hazard, a blockage of a public right-of-way, or the condition is deemed extremely unsightly.
The free route is in subsection D. An owner or occupant can contact the City or its authorized contractor not less than 24 hours before the day solid waste is normally collected and request collection, and the items are then removed without cost. Items seen at any other time fall under subsections A through C. Subsection E sets fees by resolution schedule and lets the Council impose escalating fines for repeat offenses in a 12-month period, and subsection F lets the City waive fees for any reason.
Violations & Fines
The first consequence is cost: the owner pays removal and disposal costs plus a service fee set by Council resolution, unless the premises is adjacent to an alley and the City finds the waste did not come from an occupant or get placed with consent. The Council can adopt escalating fines for repeat offenses within 12 months. Fees are not the exclusive remedy, so repeat offenses can also draw administrative citations under Chapter 1.08 and the § 1.04.150 misdemeanor and infraction penalties, with each day a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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