Lake Havasu City, AZ Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)

The screening requirement in Section 14.04.04.G.3 applies to all development citywide except single-family detached, single-family attached, or 2-family residential uses, so those small residential lots are not required to build a dumpster enclosure at all. Where the rule applies, the refuse enclosure must be sized for two containers, one for trash and one for recycling, matching Figure 4.04-5, the Typical Double Container Trash Enclosure with Gates, and it must be completely screened from view of any public street and any adjoining nonindustrial zoned property. The same division G sets the screening vocabulary used across the section: acceptable materials are wood, masonry, brick, stone, wrought iron, compact hedging, or an earth berm, and chain link is generally barred except for gates that are sight-obscured with plastic lath matched to the color of adjacent screen walls, or, on LI District or I District zoned property, chain link or wrought iron sight-obscured with plastic lath used as the screen itself.

Development Services staff and the Zoning Administrator review enclosure placement and screening at site plan or building permit stage, checking that the design meets Figure 4.04-5 before a certificate of occupancy issues. Under Section 14.04.04.H, the Zoning Administrator may approve an alternative enclosure design in place of the standard one if it delivers equivalent screening quality, visual appeal, and effectiveness, a route commonly used for irregular pad shapes or shared-enclosure sites serving more than one tenant.