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Trash and recycling carts in Pismo Beach

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

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

What Pismo Beach's code says

Pismo Beach code What Pismo Beach's code adds
Required collection service
  • All premises where garbage or solid waste is produced must use the city's collection service.
    § 8.12.100 · code text
    Solid waste disposal service, subject to the limitations noted in this chapter will be provided by the city through its contract agent and it shall be mandatory for all places and premises in the city through its contract agent and it shall be mandatory for all places and premises in the city in or on which garbage or other solid waste is created, accumulated or produced to use the city's collection service;
Where carts are kept
  • At collection time, place containers on the premises within 5 feet of the rear property line.
    Applies: Where there is an alley (other than a blind alley) at the rear; dwellings and other premises.
    § 8.12.050 · code text
    Where there is an alley, other than a blind alley, in the rear of the premises, such vessel, tank, receptacle or rubbish container shall be placed on the premises within five feet of the rear property line.
  • At collection time, place containers on the premises within 20 feet of the rear of the dwelling.
    Applies: Where there is no alley.
    § 8.12.050 · code text
    Where there is no alley, such vessel, tank, receptacle, or rubbish container shall be placed on the premises within twenty feet of the rear of the restaurant, cafe, cafeteria, hospital, hotel, boarding house, and other like eating places, apartment houses, dwelling or flat, from which garbage or rubbish is accumulated.

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Frequently asked questions

When can trash carts go out to the curb in Pismo Beach?

Pismo Beach's code: All premises where garbage or solid waste is produced must use the city's collection service. (§ 8.12.100); At collection time, place containers on the premises within 5 feet of the rear property line. (Where there is an alley (other than a blind alley) at the rear; dwellings and other premises.) (§ 8.12.050).

General information, not legal advice.

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