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

Roll-off placement is not a matter of right: § 58-131 requires the location to be set by mutual agreement between Solid Waste Division staff and the generator, and the fee for the service is set and periodically revised by the city manager. Containers may not interfere with sidewalk or street traffic, and the city can require a signed release of liability before it will place or collect a roll-off from private property, or whenever the container sits within 15 feet of a vehicle, mailbox, or other obstruction to safe collection.

For standard commercial dumpsters, § 58-132(b) limits city-owned containers under a service contract to no more than 300 feet from the entrance the generator designates, with collection crews needing convenient access at all times. Section 58-141 makes the hauler and the customer jointly responsible for keeping containers, roll-off bodies, and compactors in sanitary condition and good repair, painted and legibly marked with the hauler's name and phone number in letters at least three inches tall on vehicles. If a container at a commercial, industrial, or multi-family property is placed or maintained in violation of the Code, § 58-142 authorizes the city to post a notice of violation directly on the container at least ten days before seizing and impounding it at the owner's expense.

Once impounded, the owner has 30 calendar days to pay the seizure and storage cost and retrieve the container before the city can dispose of it on whatever terms it sets.