Santa Clarita, CA Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Right-of-way placement
- Requires a City encroachment permit
- Temporary bin duration cap
- 30 consecutive days, or 60 in 90
- Roll-off definition threshold
- 10+ cubic yards, flat-bed transported
- Visible yard placement
- Front/side yard only during collection hours
- Service-level authority
- City sets final container size/frequency
- Noncompliance response
- Written notice, 72 hours to arrange service
Summary
Santa Clarita Municipal Code Section 15.44.220(A)(12) bars placing any commercial bin, temporary bin or roll-off box in a public right-of-way without a City encroachment permit, and limits how long one can sit visibly on private property. The code's definition of "temporary bin" caps that visible placement at 30 consecutive days, or 60 days within any 90-day period.
Not place any container in any front yard or side yard that is visible from a public street except during collection hours. No container may be placed in any public right-of-way unless an encroachment permit authorizing the placement has been issued by the City. A bin, construction and demolition material bin, temporary bin, or roll-off box may be placed on private property, visible to the public for temporary periods not to exceed those set forth in the definition of temporary bin. ["Temporary bin" ...] no bins belonging to a particular solid waste enterprise remain on that premises for more than thirty (30) consecutive days, or for more than sixty (60) days of any consecutive ninety (90) day period in any calendar year.
Full Breakdown
44 (Integrated Waste Management) sets the placement rules that apply to every commercial bin, construction and demolition bin, and roll-off container in the City. 220(A)(12) directs generators not to place any container in a front yard or side yard visible from a public street except during collection hours, and states that no container may be placed in any public right-of-way unless an encroachment permit authorizing the placement has been issued by the City. 010 as a solid waste receptacle typically ten cubic yards or larger, of the type transported on a flat-bed truck and detachable for parking at a commercial premises or construction site, including compacting roll-off boxes that attach to a leased compaction device.
230 gives the City the final say over where containers are located for collection and storage and over the proper service level, including container number, size and collection frequency, when the City chooses to direct it. Commercial businesses must also keep containers accessible to the franchised solid waste enterprise and cannot leave a bin blocking a public right-of-way outside the permit process, since an encroachment permit from the City is the only path to lawful right-of-way placement.
Violations & Fines
Placing a commercial bin, construction bin or roll-off box in the public right-of-way without an encroachment permit, or leaving one visible in a front or side yard beyond the 30-consecutive-day or 60-day-in-90-day temporary bin limits set in Section 15.44.010, is noncompliant with Section 15.44.220. The chapter's collection-arrangement provisions, Section 15.44.215, also warn that a property found without required collection service can be sent a written violation notice, and if service is not arranged within seventy-two hours of that notice, or an exemption obtained under Section 15.44.217, the responsible party is in violation of the chapter.
Frequently Asked Questions
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