Beaverton, OR Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing sections
- BC 4.08.205, BC 4.08.210
- Rule authority
- City manager, by rule
- Penalty
- Class 1 civil infraction
- Repeat violations
- Each day is separate infraction
Summary
Beaverton delegates specific trash and recycling pickup rules to the city manager under BC 4.08.205, and a customer who breaks a promulgated rule commits a separate Class 1 Civil Infraction under BC 4.08.210 for each day it continues.
The city manager may promulgate such rules and regulations to promote recycling and proper disposal of solid waste as are necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter, including but not limited to additional definitions ... customer responsibilities. ... A violation of a provision of this chapter or of a rule duly promulgated under authority of this chapter by a franchise customer shall constitute a Class l Civil Infraction and shall be processed according to the procedure set forth in BC 2.10.010 through 2.10.050.
Full Breakdown
The Beaverton City Code doesn't spell out container placement, set-out times or other day-to-day pickup logistics itself. BC 4.08.205 authorizes the city manager to promulgate rules covering fee collection, service standards, franchisee responsibilities and customer responsibilities needed to administer the solid waste and recycling chapter, after notice and comment. Once adopted, those administrative rules carry the force of the chapter: BC 4.08.210 makes any customer violation of the chapter or of a duly promulgated rule a class l civil infraction, processed under BC 2.10.010 through 2.10.050, with each day a violation continues counted as a separate infraction.
Violations & Fines
A franchise customer who violates a solid waste/recycling pickup rule commits a Class 1 Civil Infraction under BC 4.08.210; each day the violation continues is a separate infraction, on top of any other penalty otherwise authorized by law.
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