Huntington Park, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Huntington Park Municipal Code § 6-2.106 sets the minimum schedule in the City of Huntington Park. Subsection (a) requires every owner, occupant, or person in possession, charge, or control of a residential premises to remove all solid waste stored, generated, collected, or accumulated there not less than once per week, by self-hauling or by subscribing to services provided by a franchisee. Subsection (b) imposes the same once-per-week minimum on commercial premises. The code sets an interval, not a weekday.

Subsection (c) gives the City Manager a tool for problem sites: written notice to the owner that the minimum is not sufficient to avoid a public nuisance because of unique circumstances at the premises, followed by a direction to remove waste on a more frequent schedule or to use additional or larger containers.

Service itself is compulsory under § 6-2.103(a). The owner, property manager, tenant, or person in charge of each residential and commercial premises must either subscribe to solid waste collection with a franchisee or register as a self-hauler and obtain a self-hauler permit. Section 6-2.104(a) makes it unlawful, and a public nuisance, to occupy or inhabit a premises without collection arrangements in force. The one exception, § 6-2.103(b), covers premises where all dwelling units, or the commercial premises, have been vacant for 30 days or more, and only during the vacancy; the person claiming it must supply reasonable evidence.

Definitions in § 6-2.100 decide which side of the line a property falls on: hotels, motels, and multi-family dwellings count as commercial premises, and a premises with four or more dwelling units is a multi-family dwelling unless the City determines otherwise. Self-haulers under § 6-2.109 renew their permit at the start of each fiscal year, must divert not less than 50% of the waste they collect, and remove waste at least once per week unless the City Manager sets a different frequency. Under § 6-2.406(c), the City can allow a subscriber to arrange blue or gray container collection once every 14 days rather than once per week.