Inglewood, CA Trash & Recycling: Holiday Pickup Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- IMC Sec. 3-41(4)(b)
- Exempt holidays
- New Year's, MLK Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas
- List can grow
- Council may add holidays by resolution or ordinance
- Effect
- No parking citation risk on an exempt collection-day holiday
- Penalty class
- Infraction (Sec. 1-18.1(a))
- Fine schedule
- $100 / $200 / $500, 1st/2nd/3rd in a year
Summary
Inglewood Municipal Code Sec. 3-41(4)(b) lifts the street sweeping and refuse collection parking prohibition whenever the posted collection day falls on one of seven named City holidays, or any additional holiday the City Council declares exempt by resolution or ordinance. Residents don't risk a citation for leaving a car parked on a holiday that lands on their normal pickup day.
Where signs prohibit stopping, standing or parking for street sweeping and/or refuse collection. Exception: such parking prohibition is not applicable when the specific street sweeping and/or refuse collection day, as posted on the signs, is observed as one of the following holidays: New Year's Day; Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day, or any additional holiday identified by City Council resolution or ordinance as being exempt from such parking prohibition.
Full Breakdown
Section 3-41 lists the places a vehicle cannot stop, stand, or park, and subsection (4)(b) covers curbs signed for street sweeping and/or refuse collection. , Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, or Christmas Day. " Inglewood folds this holiday accommodation into its traffic and parking chapter rather than a standalone solid-waste ordinance, so the practical effect for residents is about the parking citation risk tied to a collection day, not a separately codified pickup calendar. Sec. 3-41(1) through (5), including this holiday exception, is listed among the infraction sections in Sec.
1(a), so a parking violation on a non-exempt sweeping or collection day draws the standard tiered infraction fine under Sec. 1-18 rather than a misdemeanor charge.
Violations & Fines
Parking on a posted street sweeping or refuse collection curb on a day that is not one of the seven listed holidays, or a Council-declared additional holiday, is an infraction under Sec. 1-18.1(a): up to $100 for a first violation, up to $200 for a second within a year, and up to $500 for each further violation that year, per Sec. 1-18. On an exempt holiday, the posted restriction simply does not apply and no citation is warranted.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to move my car for trash day in Inglewood on a holiday?
Which holidays exempt Inglewood residents from street sweeping parking rules?
Can the city add new holidays to the exemption list?
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