Prescott Valley, AZ Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)

Two layers apply in the Town of Prescott Valley. First, subsection D.7 of section 13-11-050 prohibits trash dumpsters on single family residential lots except during construction. Section 13-11-020(B) makes that ban reach homes that are otherwise lightly regulated: a single-family residence, whether site-built, factory-built, or a manufactured home, on its own individual lot and not part of a PD (planned area development), is subject to only three parts of the screening section, subparagraphs 5 (satellite dishes), 6 (fuel storage tanks), and 7 (trash dumpsters).

Second, for other sites subsection D.1 requires refuse collection areas and equipment to be screened on three sides by six-foot-high solid screen walls, and a refuse collection area that faces a street or entry way into a site must be enclosed by opaque gates attached to the solid screen walls. A solid screen wall obscures 100% of the enclosed activities and is six feet high, unless the Board of Adjustment approves a greater height up to a maximum of eight feet. Screen walls can be masonry units, wood, stone, earthen berms, or landscaping, and cannot be plywood, pressboard, particleboard, chipboard, Masonite, or similar manufactured materials.

Under subsection C, required screening is located on-site and measured from the highest finished adjacent grade of the element screened, and it is reduced to no more than three feet where necessary to avoid obstructing vehicular traffic visibility. Where the screening section conflicts with other requirements in the Chapter, the more restrictive requirement applies. Article 13-11 applies to new buildings, to additions larger than 25% of the existing building, and to uses that require 25% or more additional parking spaces than the previous occupancy. In the AG (agricultural) zone only Article 13-12 and section 13-11-070 apply. The section was amended by Ordinance No. 2026-979 on May 28, 2026, and previously stood at section 13-26-050.