Trash and recycling carts in Twentynine Palms

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Required collection service	Subscribe to solid waste services with a franchisee, or register and stay registered as a self-hauler. § 10.04.030 · code text Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, the owner, property manager, tenant and/or person in charge or control of each residential premises and each commercial premises in the City shall either (i) subscribe to solid waste handling services with a franchisee for said premises, or (ii) obtain and maintain registration as a self-hauler as set forth in this Chapter in connection with said premises. No subscription required. Applies: Residential premises where all dwelling units are vacant and not generating solid waste for 30 days or more, during the vacancy. § 10.04.030 · code text The above requirement to provide for solid waste handling services shall not apply in connection with any residential premises at which all dwelling units are vacant and not generating or accumulating solid waste for thirty (30) days or more, provided this exception shall only apply during the period of vacancy.
When carts must come back	Remove containers from the street or right-of-way within 12 hours after collection. § 10.04.040 · code text No bin, cart, rolloff box or other container shall be placed adjacent to or in a street or public right-of-way for collection service more than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the normal collection time, and all containers so placed shall be removed from the street or right-of-way within twelve (12) hours after collection.
When carts may go to the curb	Containers may not be put out more than 24 hours before the normal collection time. § 10.04.040 · code text No bin, cart, rolloff box or other container shall be placed adjacent to or in a street or public right-of-way for collection service more than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the normal collection time, and all containers so placed shall be removed from the street or right-of-way within twelve (12) hours after collection.
Where carts are kept	Out of public view in a side or rear yard or an enclosed garage. Applies: Single-family dwellings; except on collection day. § 10.04.040 · code text All containers used for the collection of solid waste at single-family dwellings shall be stored out of public view in a side or rear yard or an enclosed garage except on collection day. An area beside the dwelling farthest from the closest street, or in an enclosure beside it. Applies: The dwelling's design does not allow hiding containers from public view because of fencing or lack of an appropriate enclosed area. § 10.04.040 · code text If the physical design of the dwelling does not allow for obscuring containers from public view because of the type of fencing or lack thereof, or lack of an appropriate enclosed area, containers shall be stored in an area adjacent to the dwelling at the point farthest from the closest street or roadway or in an enclosure adjacent to the dwelling.

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Twentynine Palms's code: Subscribe to solid waste services with a franchisee, or register and stay registered as a self-hauler. (§ 10.04.030); No subscription required. (Residential premises where all dwelling units are vacant and not generating solid waste for 30 days or more, during the vacancy.) (§ 10.04.030).

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