Mission Viejo, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- MVMC § 6.10.500
- Minimum frequency
- Once per week for all premises
- Residential blackout hours
- No collection 6 p.m.-6 a.m.
- Commercial blackout hours
- No collection 6 p.m.-6 a.m.
- Route design standard
- Must minimize noise, traffic, pollution
Summary
Mission Viejo requires solid waste to be collected at least once a week and bans truck collection between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. citywide, protecting residents' quiet enjoyment of their homes under Municipal Code Sec. 6.10.500.
(a)To protect public health, safety and well-being, and to protect the city against the growth and spread of vectors, persons in charge of the day-to-day operation of each premises in the city shall make arrangements to have all solid waste generated or accumulated on the premises (other than construction and demolition debris) collected and removed not less frequently than once a week. ... (d)In order to protect residents' quiet enjoyment of their residential premises, collection from residential premises, both single family and multifamily, shall not be made between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day. Collection from commercial businesses shall not be made between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 51).
Full Breakdown
500(a) requires everyone responsible for a premises in the city to arrange for solid waste, other than construction and demolition debris, to be collected and removed not less frequently than once a week. Commercial bins must likewise be emptied at least once a week by the servicing hauler under subsection (b), though commercial and multi-family properties may negotiate more frequent pickups and larger bin sizes under subsection (c). blackout applies to commercial businesses. Subsection (e) further requires haulers to design their routes and timing to minimize air pollution, traffic, noise and street wear consistent with the city's traffic demand management plan.
The manner and time of any individual customer's pickup, beyond these floors and blackout hours, is set by arrangement between the generator and the franchised solid waste collector under the more general Sec. 205, which governs the contractual specifics of collection service subject to the health, safety and pollution-control purposes of the chapter.
Violations & Fines
A solid waste collector that runs routes before 6:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m., or that fails to service a commercial bin at least weekly, violates Sec. 6.10.500 and is subject to Chapter 6.10's general misdemeanor and administrative civil citation enforcement under Secs. 6.10.641-6.10.642, in addition to any franchise-specific remedies the city holds against the hauler.
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