LA County Code Title 12.84 governs valet-trash and door-to-door collection programs at apartment and condo buildings in unincorporated areas. Buildings must use a franchise hauler, separate organics and recyclables, and meet diversion targets even when residents place bags outside doors.
Title 12.84 requires every multi-family building in unincorporated LA County to subscribe to franchise hauler service for trash, recycling, and organics. Door-to-door valet trash programs popular at large complexes do not exempt the property from sorting requirements: valet staff must collect trash, recycling, and organics in separate containers and consolidate at central enclosures for hauler pickup. Bags left in hallways must be removed within 24 hours under fire-code clearance rules in Title 32. SB-1383 organics rules apply to valet streams. Buildings of seven or more units must provide signage in English and Spanish, train residents annually, and enable contamination audits. Contract cities and incorporated cities apply parallel rules.
Valet programs combining trash with recycling or organics, leaving bags in hallways past 24 hours, or failing audits under Title 12.84 face administrative fines up to 500 dollars per day, plus fire code citations under Title 32 for blocked egress.
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