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Trash and recycling carts in Livingston

Livingston's own rules on trash and recycling carts, with the code text for every value.

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

What Livingston's code says

Livingston code What Livingston's code adds
Required collection service
  • Subscribe to the city curbside refuse, garbage, rubbish and recycling programs within 7 days of occupying the dwelling unit.
    § 8-2-52 · code text
    The owners and occupants of all single-family dwelling units shall subscribe to the city curbside refuse, garbage, rubbish and recycling collection programs within seven days of occupying their residential dwelling unit.
Sorting organics and green waste
  • Separate garbage, recyclable materials and green waste, and place them in the appropriate city-approved containers.
    § 8-2-52 · code text
    All owners and occupants of single-family residential dwelling units are required to separate garbage, recyclable materials and green waste materials and place them in appropriate city approved containers as required under this chapter so that the city can meet its state mandate of 50% solid waste diversion under Assembly Bill 939 (California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989) as outlined in the Cal. Public Resources Code §§ 40000 et seq.
Where carts are kept
  • Do not keep containers in the front yard or side yard on a street unless screened from public view.
    Applies: Front yard or side yard on a street.
    § 8-2-30 · code text
    No garbage, refuse, rubbish containers or designated recyclable material or green waste containers shall be stored in the front yard or side yard on a street, unless the containers are screened from public view.
  • Do not keep containers in a public highway, walkway, roadway or other traveled way.
    Applies: Public highway, walkway, roadway or any other traveled way.
    § 8-2-30 · code text
    No containers containing garbage, refuse, rubbish, green waste, other solid waste or recyclable material shall be stored or placed for collection within a public highway, walkway, roadway or any other traveled way, except that alleys may be used for these purposes if such use does not interfere with the alley use by vehicles.
  • Do not store or place containers for collection in a traveled way. Alleys are allowed if vehicles can still pass.
    Applies: Single-family dwelling units.
    § 8-2-30 · code text
    No containers containing garbage, refuse, rubbish, green waste, other solid waste or recyclable material shall be stored or placed for collection within a public highway, walkway, roadway or any other traveled way, except that alleys may be used for these purposes if such use does not interfere with the alley use by vehicles.

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Frequently asked questions

When can trash carts go out to the curb in Livingston?

Livingston's code: Subscribe to the city curbside refuse, garbage, rubbish and recycling programs within 7 days of occupying the dwelling unit. (§ 8-2-52); Separate garbage, recyclable materials and green waste, and place them in the appropriate city-approved containers. (§ 8-2-52).

General information, not legal advice.

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