Title 5 — SANITATION AND HEALTH›Chapter 5 — SOLID WASTE
Article 1 — Solid Waste
Modesto Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Modesto
5-5.101 - Declaration of Policy.¶
5-5.102 - Penalty Provisions.¶
5-5.103 - Definitions.¶
5-5.104 - Responsibility for compliance.¶
5-5.105 - Segregation and Disposition of Solid Waste Materials.¶
5-5.106 - Illegal Dumping, Depositing or Burying Solid Waste.¶
5-5.107 - Explosives or Hazardous Materials.¶
5-5.108 - Accumulation of Garbage, Recycling, or Organic Waste.¶
5-5.109 - Garbage, Recycling, Organic Waste, and Swill Collection Requirements.¶
5-5.110 - Containers Required.¶
5-5.111 - Number of Containers Required.¶
5-5.112 - Shared Solid Waste Containers—Contract required.¶
5-5.113 - Enclosures required.¶
5-5.114 - Requirements for Single-Family Generators.¶
5-5.115 - Requirements for Commercial Businesses, Mobile Homes, Motels, Hotels and…¶
5-5.116 - Organic Waste Waivers for Commercial Business Generators.¶
5-5.117 - Recycling Waste Waivers for Commercial Business Generators.¶
5-5.118 - Mandatory Solid Waste, Recyclable Materials, and Organic Materials Collection.¶
5-5.119 - Ashes, stable matter and contaminated matter.¶
5-5.120 - Prohibited Storage Location of Containers.¶
5-5.121 - Container Collection Locations.¶
5-5.122 - Requirements for Commercial Edible Food Generators.¶
5-5.123 - Requirements for Food Recovery Organizations and Services.¶
5-5.124 - Requirements for Haulers and Facility Operators.¶
5-5.125 - Spillage of Solid Waste.¶
5-5.126 - Furnishing of Bins and Drop Box Containers.¶
5-5.127 - Hours of Collection.¶
5-5.128 - Collection Equipment.¶
5-5.129 - Agreement to Collect Solid Waste.¶
5-5.130 - Self-Haul Requirements. (Contract Required)¶
5-5.131 - Rate-Setting for Solid Waste Collection Services.¶
5-5.132 - Collection of Solid Waste and Industrial Waste.¶
5-5.133 - Fee for Collection of Swill.¶
5-5.134 - Collectors Delinquent Fees.¶
5-5.135 - Collection Agreement Proposals.¶
5-5.136 - Procedure to Enter into Agreement.¶
5-5.137 - Protests May Be Filed.¶
5-5.138 - Hearing.¶
5-5.139 - Competitive Bids.¶
5-5.140 - Entering Agreements.¶
5-5.141 - Limit on Number of Agreements.¶
5-5.142 - Insurance.¶
5-5.143 - Faithful Performance Bond by Solid Waste Collectors.¶
5-5.144 - Assignment of Agreements.¶
5-5.145 - Termination of Agreements.¶
5-5.146 - Customer May Contract for Excess Collection.¶
5-5.147 - Collection of Solid Waste Charges.¶
5-5.148 - Records Required.¶
5-5.149 - Annual Financial Report by Solid Waste Collectors.¶
5-5.150 - Inspection.¶
5-5.151 - Enforcement.¶
5-5.152 - Application of Other Provisions of this Code.¶
5-5.153 - Collection.¶
5-5.154 - Mandatory Commercial Recycling (AB341).¶
5-5.155 - Mandatory Commercial Organic Recycling AB1826.¶
5-5.156 - Residential Bulky Item Collection Program.¶
5-5.157 - Multi-Family Bulky Item Collection Program.¶
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