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Trash and recycling carts in Citrus Heights

Citrus Heights's own rules on trash and recycling carts, with the code text for every value.

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Each rule below links to the section of the Citrus Heights Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Citrus Heights's code says

Citrus Heights code What Citrus Heights's code adds
Required collection service
  • The responsible person must subscribe to a solid waste collection service.
    Applies: Commercial, mixed use and residential premises.
    § 74-40 · code text
    Except as otherwise expressly provided by this chapter, the responsible person of every commercial premise, mixed use premise and residential premise located within the city shall subscribe to a solid waste collection service operating pursuant to this chapter.
  • The owner may ask the director in writing for an exemption from mandatory service. The director decides case by case.
    Applies: Parcel of 5 acres or larger.
    § 74-40 · code text
    but in any case any parcel owner of a five-acre or larger parcel may submit a written request for an exemption from mandatory service to the director, who will consider such requests on a case by case basis.
  • Solid waste service includes subscribing to recyclable or organic recyclable collection with the same franchisee.
    § 74-40 · code text
    The collection of solid waste shall include subscription to designated recyclable materials and/or designated organic recyclable materials collection with the same franchisee.
Sorting organics and green waste
  • Source separate designated organic recyclable materials from solid waste.
    § 74-129 · code text
    Source separate designated recyclable materials and/or designated organic recyclable materials from solid waste.

Who this affects

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Frequently asked questions

When can trash carts go out to the curb in Citrus Heights?

Citrus Heights's code: The responsible person must subscribe to a solid waste collection service. (Commercial, mixed use and residential premises.) (§ 74-40); The owner may ask the director in writing for an exemption from mandatory service. The director decides case by case. (Parcel of 5 acres or larger.) (§ 74-40).

General information, not legal advice.

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