Sahuarita, AZ Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Effective date
- September 1, 2025
- Service frequency
- Weekly, mandatory subscription
- First offense fine
- $350 civil penalty
- Second offense fine
- $600 within 24 months
- HOA exemption
- Pre-existing HOA contract honored until expiry
- Acreage exemption
- 2+ acres with commercial contract
- Enforcing office
- Town manager or designee
Summary
Sahuarita requires nearly every house, duplex, triplex and fourplex to subscribe to the town's single contracted weekly trash hauler under Town Code Section 8.05.050, effective September 1, 2025. Residents pay the contractor directly. Skipping the mandatory subscription triggers civil enforcement by the town manager's office, with fines starting at $350 for a first offense inside any 24-month period.
Effective September 1, 2025, covered residences are required to subscribe to a weekly solid waste collection service provided through a contract with a contractor as awarded by the town council and the residents thereon shall pay the cost of such collection services to the contractor. Failure to subscribe shall be addressed pursuant to STC § 8.05.160.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4745395; v0 updated 2025-12-08; through 12-08-2025).
Full Breakdown
050 makes weekly solid waste collection mandatory for covered residences, effective September 1, 2025. The town council awards a single hauling contract, and residents on that route must subscribe and pay the awarded contractor; failing to subscribe is handled under the town's enforcement chapter. Two narrow exemptions exist. Under subsection B, a home whose homeowners association already had its own collection contract in place before the town's contract took effect can keep that HOA service until the HOA contract expires, if the town manager or a designee confirms eligibility and the HOA supplies a full copy of the contract.
Under subsection C, owners of covered residences on lots of two acres or more can seek an exemption by maintaining a valid commercial solid waste collection contract and giving the town a copy on request; dropping that commercial contract puts the property back under the mandatory weekly subscription. 120: the town first mails notice of the subscription requirement, then, for continued noncompliance, sends a written notice of violation by certified and first-class mail describing the property, the violation, the fix required and a compliance deadline of at least 14 calendar days.
Only after that notice is ignored, refused or unmet may the town file a civil or criminal citation in Sahuarita Municipal Court. S. Section 12-124.
Violations & Fines
Failure to subscribe is pursued first by mailed notice, then a formal notice of violation carrying a minimum 14-day grace period to come into compliance. If the responsible party still does not comply, the town manager's office files a civil citation in municipal court. Minimum penalties are a $350 civil fine for a first offense and $600 for a second offense within the same 24-consecutive-month period; courts cannot reduce these minimums, and each day of violation is a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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