Trash and recycling carts in Paramount: the local rules

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

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Sorting organics and green waste	Separate designated materials and place them in the designated black, blue, brown and green containers. Applies: Residential property with 4 or fewer housing units. § 17.118.030 · code text Designated materials shall be separated and placed in designated black, blue, brown, and green containers in accordance with Section 13.09.020 of the Paramount Municipal Code.
When carts may go to the curb	Carts must be out on the designated collection day, before collection starts in the district § 13.20.140 · code text except, that on the day designated for collection and before the time collection starts in the district in which such premises are located, it shall be placed for collection as follows:
Where carts are kept	Not in the front yard or any place visible from a public street. Applies: Residential property with 4 or fewer housing units; carts may be in view on the weekly collection day. § 17.118.030 · code text With the exception of the weekly day in which the City's solid waste contractor collects solid waste, nonorganic recyclables, and organic waste from a property when stored in a designated container, garbage, waste, refuse, trash, organic waste, and nonorganic recyclable materials and/or containers shall not be stored in the front yard, or in any other place that is visible from a public street. In an area beside the dwelling farthest from the nearest public street, or in an enclosure beside it. Applies: Residential property with 4 or fewer housing units, when the dwelling's design does not allow hiding containers from public view. § 17.118.030 · 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 public street or roadway or in an enclosure adjacent to the dwelling.

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Paramount's code: Separate designated materials and place them in the designated black, blue, brown and green containers. (Residential property with 4 or fewer housing units.) (§ 17.118.030); Carts must be out on the designated collection day, before collection starts in the district (§ 13.20.140).

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