Calaveras County, CA Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Collection hours
- 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. unless board authorizes otherwise
- Max time waste stored on premises
- 7 days (except inert materials)
- Minimum residential service
- 1 standard container per week
- Hauler permit required
- yes, from department of public works
- Delinquent-customer notice
- 15 days' written notice before service cut off
- Rate complaint hearing deadline
- within 30 days of complaint
Summary
Calaveras County bars solid waste collection before 6 a.m. or after 8 p.m. unless the board authorizes otherwise, and requires owners or occupants to have solid waste removed at least every seven days to prevent vectors and nuisances.
A.The owner or occupant of any premises, business establishment or industry shall be responsible for the satisfactory removal of all solid waste accumulated on the property premises. To prevent propagation, harborage, or attraction of flies, rodents or other vectors and the creation of nuisances, solid waste, except for inert materials, shall not be allowed to remain on the premises for more than seven days.B.Where it is deemed necessary by the local enforcement agency because of the propagation of vectors and for the protection of public health, more frequent removal of solid waste shall be required. ... No solid waste collection shall be made before six a.m. and after eight p.m. unless otherwise authorized by the board.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 23 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
12 set the schedule. 120 makes the owner or occupant of any premises, business or industry responsible for satisfactory removal of accumulated solid waste, and it draws a hard line: except for inert materials, waste cannot be left on the premises for more than seven days, a limit aimed at stopping flies, rodents and other vectors along with the nuisances they cause. The enforcement agency can require more frequent removal than seven days wherever vector propagation or public health calls for it. , unless the board of supervisors authorizes a different schedule. 120 is actually delivered on a routine basis. D).
Violations & Fines
Letting waste sit past the seven-day limit, or collecting outside the six a.m. to eight p.m. window without board authorization, violates §§ 8.12.120 and 8.12.140 and is punishable as an infraction under § 8.12.570: up to $50 for a first offense, up to $100 for a second within a year, and up to $250 for each further violation, with a sixth violation in a year chargeable as a misdemeanor. Each day of continuing violation is a separate offense.
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Sources & Official References
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