Clovis, CA Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Bin cleaning fee
- $8.00 per bin, if City cleans
- Compactor cleanup surcharge
- Actual cost plus 10% admin fee
- Enclosure standard
- City standard drawings, § 6.3.19
- Location approval
- Director of Public Utilities
- Compactor ownership
- Owner/occupant furnishes and maintains
- Bin repair/painting
- City's responsibility, no charge
Summary
Mobile home parks, multifamily properties, and commercial or industrial users on bin or compactor service in Clovis must keep containers inside enclosures built to City standard drawings and set them at the alley if the property fronts one, or wherever the Public Utilities Director approves otherwise. Keeping a bin clean costs $8.00 if the City has to do it.
Bin containers will be furnished by the City at the rates established by this chapter and as may be codified from time to time by the Council. Bin containers shall be kept in bin enclosures as set forth in Section 6.3.19 of this chapter. Mixed waste may be placed in bin containers. Where establishments utilizing bin container service are located on alleys, bin containers and enclosures shall be located for collection at the alley, unless otherwise approved by the Director of Public Utilities. Establishments not located on alleys shall locate bin containers and enclosures at locations approved by the Director of Public Utilities. It shall be the responsibility of the customer to keep bin containers in a clean and sanitary condition. Customers requesting the City to clean a bin shall pay a charge of eight and no/100ths dollars ($8.00) per bin for cleaning.
Full Breakdown
07 governs bin container service for mobile home parks, multifamily residences, assisted living facilities, and commercial and industrial uses. 19, which must be built to current City standard drawings available from Planning and Development Services; the customer or owner is responsible for keeping the enclosure in good repair and in a clean, safe, sanitary condition. Alley-fronting establishments must place bins and enclosures at the alley for collection unless the Director of Public Utilities approves otherwise; non-alley establishments locate bins wherever the Director approves. 00 per bin if they ask the City to do the cleaning, while the City handles bin repair and painting at no charge.
1: the property owner or occupant, not the City, furnishes and maintains the compactor box, placed at a Director-approved location. The City bills compactor customers the actual competitive-bid cost of a private contractor plus a 10% administration fee, and if a customer ignores a City cleanup notice for a dirty compactor box and surrounding area, the City arranges the cleanup itself and bills the actual cost plus the same 10% fee on the next billing cycle.
Violations & Fines
Failing to maintain a bin or compactor enclosure, or to clean up around one after notice, exposes the customer to the City performing the work and billing actual cost plus a 10% administration fee under § 6.3.07.1(c). Beyond that cost-recovery remedy, any act declared unlawful under Chapter 6.3, including violating the location and enclosure standards of §§ 6.3.07 and 6.3.19, is a misdemeanor under § 6.3.18, carrying up to a $1,000 fine and up to six months in jail under the Code's general penalty, § 1.2.01.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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