Rancho Cucamonga, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Who must subscribe
- Every occupied residential/commercial premises
- Fee liability
- Owner liable even if unused
- Collection hours limit
- No collection 6 p.m.-7 a.m. near homes
- Lien trigger
- 60+ days delinquent
- Vacancy exception
- 60+ consecutive days unoccupied
Summary
Rancho Cucamonga requires every occupied residential and commercial property to subscribe to the city's franchised solid waste hauler and pay for collection, whether or not the service is actually used. Municipal Code Section 8.17.170 makes unpaid fees a civil debt that can become a property lien after 60 days delinquent.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each occupant shall utilize the services of an authorized collector for the collection of solid waste from a residential or commercial premises of such occupant, and shall pay collection fees to the authorized collector as set by the authorized collector and authorized by resolution of the city council. The obligation of each occupant to pay such solid waste collection fees shall be a civil debt due and owing to the authorized collector, from the occupant to whom the collection services are made available.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4999536; v21 updated 2026-07-15).
Full Breakdown
030 lets the city council contract with one or more solid waste enterprises for exclusive or non-exclusive collection service; under the current franchise arrangement described on the city's own waste program pages, Burrtec Waste Industries is the authorized collector. 170(A) then requires each occupant of a residential or commercial premises to use that authorized collector and pay the fees set by resolution of the city council, and it makes clear a property owner is liable for the fee even if the occupant never puts a container out.
080. 170(B) authorizes the city to record delinquent charges as a special assessment lien against the parcel after a noticed public hearing, collectible the same way as county property taxes, once the account is at least 60 days delinquent. 170(C) carves out an exception for a unit that has sat vacant for 60 or more consecutive days, verified to the city manager's satisfaction, for the period it remains unoccupied.
Violations & Fines
Failing to pay collection fees is a violation of Chapter 8.17 and creates a civil debt owed to the authorized collector; once delinquent 60 days or more, the city can confirm the charge as a special assessment and record a lien against the property, collectible with the same penalties and sale procedures used for delinquent county property taxes.
Frequently Asked Questions
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