San Jacinto, CA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)

Chapter 8.34 of the San Jacinto Municipal Code is the city's construction and demolition recycling rule. Section 8.34.050 requires the applicant for a covered project to divert or cause to be diverted a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the construction and demolition materials resulting from the project, and the requirement is listed as a condition of approval on all building or demolition permits for a covered project in the City of San Jacinto.

Section 8.34.030 defines covered projects: residential additions of one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet or more of gross floor area, tenant improvements affecting three thousand (3,000) square feet or more, new structures of two thousand (2,000) square feet or more, demolition of one thousand (1,000) square feet or more, excavation or grading that exports earth or rock off site, and all city public works projects. Exemptions include emergency work, work that needs no permit, and excavation of residential swimming pools, each requiring a written determination from the city.

The paperwork is front-loaded. Under § 8.34.060 the applicant submits three copies of a waste management plan with the building permit packet. Section 8.34.070 requires a diversion security deposit, in cash or by irrevocable letter of credit or performance bond, equal to the lesser of three percent of the total estimated project cost or ten thousand dollars ($10,000), waivable when the deposit would be fifty dollars ($50.00) or less. No building permit issues until the city manager approves the plan, which happens within fifteen (15) business days of a complete submittal. Within thirty (30) days after completion, the applicant submits receipts and compliance documentation, and under § 8.34.090 the deposit is refunded in proportion to the diversion requirement actually met, with the rest forfeited to the city. Section 8.34.040 lets an applicant seek a full or partial exception, decided within ten (10) business days, and § 8.34.110 requires an appeal to be filed within five days. Separately, § 8.33.090 applies CALGreen recycling and construction waste sections to new construction and additions of more than thirty percent (30%) new floor area.