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Trash and recycling carts in Half Moon Bay

Half Moon Bay'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 Half Moon Bay Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Half Moon Bay's code says

Half Moon Bay code What Half Moon Bay's code adds
Required collection service
  • Subscribe to a solid waste collection service for all solid waste generated.
    Applies: Except where a waiver or exemption applies under this chapter.
    § 7.20.030 · code text
    Except where a waiver or exemption is applicable under this chapter, generators shall subscribe to a solid waste collection service for all solid waste generated, in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
When carts must come back
  • Within twenty-four hours following pickup
    § 7.20.050 · code text
    Collection containers shall be put out for collection no earlier than five-thirty p.m. the day prior to scheduled collection, nor left remaining after collection longer than twenty-four hours following pickup.
When carts may go to the curb
  • Not before five-thirty p.m. the day prior to scheduled collection
    § 7.20.050 · code text
    Collection containers shall be put out for collection no earlier than five-thirty p.m. the day prior to scheduled collection, nor left remaining after collection longer than twenty-four hours following pickup.
Where carts are kept
  • Out of view from the public.
    § 7.20.050 · code text
    Collection containers shall be kept out of view from the public so that they will not be a public nuisance or in any degree offensive.

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Frequently asked questions

When can trash carts go out to the curb in Half Moon Bay?

Half Moon Bay's code: Subscribe to a solid waste collection service for all solid waste generated. (Except where a waiver or exemption applies under this chapter.) (§ 7.20.030); Within twenty-four hours following pickup (§ 7.20.050).

General information, not legal advice.

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