Trash and recycling carts in Shasta Lake: the local rules

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

What Shasta Lake's code says

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Required collection service	must subscribe to and receive city disposal service § 8.04.030 · code text It shall be mandatory of all owners, occupants, or persons in possession, charge or control of a residential dwelling in the city to subscribe to, pay for, and receive city disposal service.
When carts must come back	Remove containers from the street or public right-of-way before sunset on collection day. § 8.04.090 · code text Refuse containers will be removed from the street or public right-of-way, before sunset, on collection day.
Where carts are kept	Keep containers out of the public right-of-way. Applies: Except on scheduled waste collection days. § 8.04.090 · code text It is unlawful and shall be a public nuisance for any person owning, leasing, occupying or having charge or possession of any premises or property in the city to maintain such premises or property with the refuse container(s) stored in the public right-of-way, except on scheduled waste collection days.

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Shasta Lake's code: must subscribe to and receive city disposal service (§ 8.04.030); Remove containers from the street or public right-of-way before sunset on collection day. (§ 8.04.090).

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