Maricopa, AZ Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)

090 is short but reaches every party in the chain: subsection (A) states that temporary storage units and dumpsters are prohibited from the right-of-way or streets unless permitted by the city engineer, putting the permitting authority for street and right-of-way placement squarely with that office rather than any other department. Subsection (B) sets the penalty at a flat $100 fine upon conviction, and applies it to both the property owner(s) and/or lessee(s) of the property and supplier found in violation, meaning a hauling company that drops a roll-off container in the street without a permit is exposed to the fine just as much as the property owner who ordered it.

Subsection (C) goes further on cost recovery: those same parties, owner, lessee and supplier, are jointly and severally liable for all costs the city incurs removing the unit, so the city can pursue the full removal cost against any one of them rather than dividing it up. 090 is specifically about placement of a bin or storage unit that intrudes into the public right-of-way or street itself, not a resident's normal curbside trash cart.