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Trash and recycling carts in Simi Valley

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

What Simi Valley's code says

Simi Valley code What Simi Valley's code adds
When carts must come back
  • Containers may not stay on the street later than 10:00 p.m. on collection day.
    § 6-3.12 · code text
    No person shall place or cause to be placed any discards container, bin, or bundled discards on any sidewalk, road, street, or highway at any time other than on the day established for the collection of discards on the particular route or before 4:30 p.m. on the day immediately prior to such collection, or permit such container to remain thereon not later than 10:00 p.m. on the designated day of collection.
When carts may go to the curb
  • Not before 4:30 p.m. on the day before collection.
    § 6-3.12 · code text
    No person shall place or cause to be placed any discards container, bin, or bundled discards on any sidewalk, road, street, or highway at any time other than on the day established for the collection of discards on the particular route or before 4:30 p.m. on the day immediately prior to such collection, or permit such container to remain thereon not later than 10:00 p.m. on the designated day of collection.
Where carts are kept
  • Keep containers and residential composting bins out of view from streets, behind a side yard fence, gate or wall.
    Applies: When not placed out for collection.
    § 6-3.12 · code text
    No person shall cause or permit containers or residential composting bins to be placed at any location whereby the containers or residential composting bins may be visible from private streets and public rights-of-way, unless located behind a side yard fence, gate, or wall except when placed out for collection as provided in Section 6-3.12(b).

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Frequently asked questions

When can trash carts go out to the curb in Simi Valley?

Simi Valley's code: Containers may not stay on the street later than 10:00 p.m. on collection day. (§ 6-3.12); Not before 4:30 p.m. on the day before collection. (§ 6-3.12).

General information, not legal advice.

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