Title 20 — UTILITIES›Division 4 — SOLID WASTE
Los Angeles County Municipal Code Ch. 20.89 Solid Waste Generation Service Charge
Los Angeles County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Los Angeles County
Cite as: Los Angeles County Municipal Code Chapter 20.89 · Text as of 2026-10-04
20.89.010 - Purpose of provisions.¶
The purpose of this chapter is to establish and collect the service charge authorized by Sections 41901 and 41902 of the Public Resources Code in order to fund the reasonable and necessary costs incurred by the county of Los Angeles in the preparation, adoption and administration of the Los Angeles County Household Hazardous Waste Element, and the preparation, adoption and implementation of the Los Angeles County Source Reduction and Recycling Element of the Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan prepared pursuant to Public Resources Code, Section 40000 et seq. The service charge will be levied upon each parcel of real property in the unincorporated area of the county of Los Angeles and
will be collected directly by the county on the tax roll. The service charge will not be imposed upon or collected by any solid waste haulers providing solid waste collection for the county of Los Angeles.
(Ord. 91-0119 § 1 (part), 1991.)
20.89.020 - Definitions.¶
A.
"Parcel of real property" means a parcel of real property as shown on the latest secured tax rolls of the county of Los Angeles.
B.
Solid waste" means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid and semisolid wastes, including garbage, trash, refuse, paper, rubbish, ashes, industrial wastes, demolition and construction wastes, abandoned vehicles and parts thereof, discarded home and industrial appliances, manure, vegetable or animal solid and semisolid wastes, and other discarded solid and semisolid wastes.
(Ord. 91-0119 § 1 (part), 1991.)
20.89.030 - Levy of annual service charge.¶
A.
An annual solid waste generation service charge is levied upon each parcel of real property in the unincorporated territory of the county of Los Angeles for the services and facilities furnished by the county in connection with the preparation, adoption and administration of the Los Angeles County Household Hazardous Waste Element, and the preparation, adoption and implementation of the Los Angeles County Source Reduction and Recycling Element of the County Integrated Waste Management Plan.
B.
The amount of the service charge for each parcel shall be computed by multiplying the solid waste generation unit charge by the number of solid waste generation units for current land use of the parcel as shown in Table A, set out at Section 20.89.070. The solid waste generation unit charge is $3.51 per unit.
(Ord. 91-0119 § 1 (part), 1991.)
20.89.040 - Collection of charges.¶
The solid waste generation service charge shall be collected for each fiscal year on the tax roll in the same manner, by the same persons, and at the same time as, together with and separately from, the general taxes of the county of Los Angeles.
(Ord. 91-0119 § 1 (part), 1991.)
20.89.050 - Deposit of collected moneys.¶
The moneys collected under Section 20.89.040 shall be deposited in a separate special revenue fund entitled "solid waste management fund."
(Ord. 91-0119 § 1 (part), 1991.)
20.89.060 - Refunds.¶
In the event any solid waste generation service charge shall have been erroneously paid or overpaid pursuant to this chapter, it may be refunded.
(Ord. 91-0119 § 1 (part), 1991.)
20.89.070 - Table A—Solid waste generation units for designated land uses.¶
| TABLE A - NUMBER OF SOLID WASTE GENERATION UNITS FOR CURRENT LAND USES | |
|---|---|
| Land Use | Number of Solid Waste Generation Units |
| Residential | |
| Vacant residential parcel | 0.0 |
| Single residential unit | 1 |
| Double, duplex, or two units | 2 |
| Three units (any combination) | 3 |
| Four units (any combination) | 4 |
| Five or more apartments | |
| 4 stories or less per individual residential unit | 0.8 |
| 5 stories or more per individual residential unit | 0.8 |
| Modular homes per individual residential unit | 0.5 |
| Mobile homes per residential unit | 0.5 |
| Roominghouses | 2 |
| Mobile home parks per individual residential unit | 0.8 |
| Commercial | |
| Vacant commercial property | 0.0 |
| Stores | 3 |
| Store combination | |
| Store and office | 4 |
| Store and residential | 4 |
| Department stores | 20 |
| Supermarkets | |
| 12,000 square feet or more | 18 |
| 6,000 through 11,999 square feet | 4 |
| Small food store | 2 |
| Shopping centers | |
| Neighborhood community | 18 |
| Regional | 18 |
| Office buildings | |
| Loft-type buildings | 10 |
| Office and residential combination | 5 |
| Hotels and motels | |
| Hotels—Under 50 rooms | 5 |
| Hotels—50 rooms and over | 10 |
| Motels—Under 50 units | 5 |
| Motels—50 units and over | 10 |
| Motel/ |
|
| —Under 50 units | 7 |
| —50 units and over | 14 |
| Professional buildings | |
| Medical/ |
5 |
| Veterinary hospitals, clinics | 5 |
| Restaurants, cocktail lounges | |
| Restaurants, cocktail lounges, taverns | 6 |
| Fast food—Walk-up | 10 |
| Fast food—Auto-oriented | 10 |
| Wholesale and manufacturing outlets | 2 |
| Banks, savings and loans | 2 |
| Service shops | 3 |
| Service stations | |
| Full-service | 3 |
| Self-service | 3 |
| Station with car wash | 3 |
| Auto, recreation and construction equipment sales and service | |
| Auto service center (no gasoline) | 3 |
| Auto service shops | 3 |
| Used car sales | 2 |
| New car sales and service | 3 |
| Car wash | 3 |
| Car wash—Self-service | 3 |
| Recreation equipment sales and service | 3 |
| Farm and construction equipment sales and service | 3 |
| Parking lots | 1 |
| Animal kennels | 5 |
| Nurseries or greenhouses | 10 |
| Miscellaneous commercial property | 2 |
| Industrial | |
| Vacant Industrial property | 0.0 |
| Light manufacturing | 4 |
| Heavy manufacturing | 4 |
| Warehousing, distribution, storage | 5 |
| Food processing plants | |
| Meat and poultry (slaughtering house) | 6 |
| Beverage | 6 |
| Other | 6 |
| Motion picture, radio and television industries | |
| Microwave relay towers | 2 |
| Studios | 2 |
| Transmission facilities | 2 |
| Lumberyards | 2 |
| Mineral processing | |
| Cement, rock and gravel plants | 2 |
| Petroleum refineries, chemical plants | 2 |
| Parking lots | 1 |
| Open storage | |
| Trucking companies, terminals | 2 |
| Contractor storage yards | 2 |
| Other open storage | 2 |
| Miscellaneous industrial property | 2 |
| Agricultural | |
| General uses | 2 |
| Dairies | 2 |
| Recreational | |
| Theaters | |
| Movie—Indoor | 3 |
| Movie—Drive-in | 3 |
| Legitimate theater | 3 |
| Bowling alleys | 5 |
| Clubs, lodge halls, fraternal organizations | 5 |
| Athletic amusement facilities | |
| Auditoriums, stadiums, amphitheaters | 50 |
| Amusement facilities | 50 |
| Commercial swimming pools, schools | 5 |
| Gymnasiums, health spas | 2 |
| Dancehalls | 2 |
| Tennis courts, clubs, pro shops | 2 |
| Golf courses | |
| Nonprofit | 10 |
| Three-par | 10 |
| Miniature | 10 |
| Other golf courses | 10 |
| Race tracks | 50 |
| Horse stable—Private | 5 |
| Camps | 25 |
| Skating rinks | |
| Ice | 5 |
| Roller | 5 |
| Miscellaneous recreational property | 2 |
| Vacant recreational property | 0.0 |
| Institutional | |
| Churches | 1 |
| Church parking lot | 0.5 |
| Schools (private) | 5 |
| Colleges, universities (private) | 25 |
| Hospitals | 5 |
| Convalescent hospitals, nursing homes | 5 |
| Homes for aged and others | 3 |
| Cemeteries, mausoleums, mortuaries | |
| Cemeteries | 3 |
| Mortuaries, funeral homes | 10 |
| Miscellaneous institutional property | 2 |
| Vacant institutional property | 0.0 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Undesignated | 2 |
| Vacant undesignated | 0.0 |
| Utility: commercial and mutual; pumping plants; and state-assessed property | 1 |
| Mining | 1 |
| Petroleum and gas | 1 |
| Pipelines, canals | 0.5 |
| Rights-of-way | 0.5 |
| Dump sites | 2 |
(Ord. 91-0119 § 1 (part), 1991.)
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