Davis, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Required services
- Gray, green, dark blue, recycling
- Correction window
- 60 days after notice
- First violation fine
- $100
- Third+ violation fine
- $500
- Self-haul records due
- February 1st annually
Summary
Every waste generator in Davis must subscribe to the city's gray, green, dark blue, and recycling container collection services unless they hold a permit or waiver to share service or self-haul. Unresolved violations climb from a hundred-dollar first fine to five hundred dollars.
In addition to the requirements in Sections 32.01.070 and 32.01.080, respectively, all generators shall subscribe to collection services for gray container waste, source separated green container organic waste, source separated dark blue container organic waste, source separated non-organic recyclables, cardboard collection services provided by the city or the city's contract hauler and comply with the requirements of those services as described in subsection (b) of this section unless the generator obtains a permit or waiver pursuant to subsections (c) through (g) of this section. ... The first violation shall be subject to a fine in the amount of one hundred dollars. The second violation within a six-month period shall be subject to a fine of two hundred dollars, and five hundred dollars for the third and subsequent violations occurring within a one-year period.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4915048; v22 updated 2026-05-19).
Full Breakdown
065. A generator can avoid a full个 set of containers only by petitioning the public works director for a shared-container permit with an adjacent property under subsection (c), or a self-haul waiver under subsection (d), which requires source-separating recyclables and organic waste and hauling them to an approved recovery facility, with commercial self-haulers keeping annual delivery records due to the city by February 1st. Smaller waivers exist too: a de minimis waiver under subsection (e) for commercial generators whose organic waste is a small share of a modest waste stream, and a physical space waiver under subsection (f) for businesses that lack room for the required containers.
030 backs the mandatory service rule by giving the city and its contract hauler the exclusive right to collect solid waste in Davis, making it unlawful for anyone else to gather or collect it except under the specific exemptions for permitted self-haulers, landscape maintenance yard waste removal, and contractor-hauled construction debris.
Violations & Fines
Under Section 32.01.125, a violation that is not corrected within sixty days of a notice of violation is an infraction: a one-hundred-dollar fine for a first violation, two hundred dollars for a second violation within six months, and five hundred dollars for a third or later violation within a year. The city's code compliance administrator, or a designated regional or county enforcement official, can also pursue the violation through the administrative citation process in Article 1.02, appealable under that same article.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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