Murrieta, CA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 8.28.120(A)
- Trigger
- 5+ multi-family units or 30%+ addition
- Requirement
- Accessible blue and green container storage
- Reference standard
- CALGreen 24 CCR Part 11
- Enforcement
- Condition of city permit approval
Summary
New construction and major additions in Murrieta must provide dedicated recycling and organics storage space under Section 8.28.120(A), incorporating the California Green Building Standards Code. The city ties compliance to permit approval for qualifying multi-family and commercial projects.
In addition to any other requirements of this chapter, the following requirements also apply: A. For projects covered by the California Green Building Standards Code, 24 CCR, Part 11, the applicants must, as a condition of the city's permit approval, comply with the following: 1. Where five (5) or more multi-family dwelling units are constructed on a building site, provide readily accessible areas that serve occupants of all buildings on the site and are identified for the storage and collection of blue container and green container materials, consistent with the three-container collection program offered by the city, or comply with provision of adequate space for recycling for multi-family and commercial premises pursuant to Sections 4.408.1, 4.410.2, 5.408.1, and 5.410.1 of the California Green Building Standards Code.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-23: A Codification of the General Ordinances of the City of Murrieta, California through Ord. 634-26, passed 7-7-2026).
Full Breakdown
120 of the Murrieta Municipal Code requires projects covered by the California Green Building Standards Code, 24 CCR Part 11, to build in dedicated recycling capacity as a condition of the city's permit approval. 1. Subsection (A)(2) extends the same duty to commercial projects: any new commercial construction or addition that results in more than 30% additional floor area must likewise provide accessible storage areas for blue and green container materials. 1 as amended effective January 1, 2020. Because these are permit conditions rather than after-the-fact code-enforcement rules, the city's building division reviews compliance during plan check, and a project that does not show adequate recycling and organics storage space can be denied permit approval or required to redesign the layout before construction begins.
Violations & Fines
Because Section 8.28.120 operates as a condition of permit approval rather than a standalone infraction, noncompliant projects are addressed through the building permit process and plan-check corrections, or a stop-work order until adequate recycling and organics storage space is designed in, rather than through a fixed administrative fine schedule.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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