PALMDALE – The city of Palmdale and Waste Management have combined forces to eliminate the blight caused by illegal dumping and the storage of debris on properties.
The city’s code enforcement and neighborhood compliance staffs worked with Waste Management to identify more than 650 residential properties currently without weekly trash service. The property owners are being notified that it is mandatory for residences to have trash service in the city of Palmdale.
If mandatory trash service is not started within the prescribed time, a second and final notice is issued. Failure to comply after the second notice results in a citation with penalties of up to $500 per day.
Once weekly trash service has been established and verified with Waste Management, the case is closed.
To date, 72 property owners have received final notices, with 10 receiving citations. More than 100 properties have come into full compliance.
“Our goal is to have every residence in Palmdale receiving active weekly trash service,” stated Senior Code Enforcement Officer Sara Shreves. “This will most definitely help reduce neighborhood blight and illegal dumping.”
Residents are encouraged to report illegal dumping and code violations by calling 661-267-5234, by mail or in person at Code Enforcement Division, 38250 Sierra Highway, 2nd Floor, Palmdale, or by reporting online at http://www.cityofpalmdale.org/Residents/Neighborhood-Services/Code-Enforcement/Report-Violation.
For more information, call Palmdale’s neighborhood compliance office at 661-267-5436 or code enforcement at 661-267-5234.
[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]
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frustrated says
I need some advice.. we have lived in our house for 22 years. We never signed up for trash service because for 22 years, we have taken our trash to our place of business in Santa Clarita. I have read the city code which states basically that they only accept this if your business is in the city of Palmdale.
Can anyone offer advice on how to resolve this?
T says
The dump is about a mile away from me. If that. I was promised 2 free dumps per year. Well come to find out, the house thats a mile away, is in a unincorperated area….
Mike says
I personal hate WM. I lived in the County area and had Benz Sanitation. They were awesome lower monthly fee and by far better customer service than WM.my next home will be in a County area so I don’t have to deal with WM. I just wanna know who are they banging to get the sole contract for trash services in Lancaster and Palmdale. Just seems like a Monopoly to me.
Tim Scott says
If you want to give up the benefits the city offers over a trash bill I doubt anyone can stop you. I just don’t see it myself.
Mike says
What benefits? The shady 2 free dumps a year? The [removed] customer service WM gives. It took almost 8 weeks to get a replacement trash can. I saw a delivery guy in my area. I called WM and asked if I was scheduled for a stop. I was told those were for new customers. So what great benefits does the cities break for its residence?
Tim Scott says
I was thinking of benefits not related to trash pickup, actually. There are way too many to list. In the large scale of things I have to say that I think about trash service maybe…never? At best very very rarely.
Waste of Time says
When they own the dumps, they own the territory. Other companies may have trouble getting permits for new dump sites. I figure once the quarries in Littlerock start to reach bedrock then they will be turned into dumps.
shelli says
i have been waiting a long time to see something like this finally happen! to the owners of homes, apt complexes, and businesses! im a true desert rat born here in 60. Ive been on every dirt road this whole valley has to offer.just within these last 3 years ive been going out on many of these roads at least twice a month, and have seen at least 1000 dump sites! some remain from as far back as the 50s and 60s , most within city limits. I can without a doubt say that at least 90% of anything dumped on these roads within the last 3 years are clearly dumped there by the owners/ landlords of those mentioned above. along with contractors, maintainance crews and gardners hired to do work for those owners. you can clearly tell who is dumping! the tenants, who dump because they have no trash service provided by the owners will leave nothing to identify them, no mail and nothing of value!. and maybe only a few bags thrown on the side of the roads. NOW ! this is the other 90% i see! huge piles of house trash, including all kinds of mail, personal items, new and used furniture,electronics household appliances, childrens toys, new clothing and nicknacks, expensive jewelry!, pictures!!!!! name tags from work places!. many valuable irreplaceable items! these are what the landlord dumps after eviction of tenants and what they couldnt or didnt move in time. Huge piles of tires from businesses! because who else would dump upwords of 50 tires or more but a tire shop! piles of cabinets, flooring plumbing, roofing, gardening debris, and piles and rolls of carpeting counting enough to carpet 10 full houses! yes! all dumped by thee LANDLORDS! CLEARLY!!! Now! weather the landlord hired and paid someone to clean and legally take all that to the dump remains to be seen. There needs to be along with mandatory trash service by the owner a clause that stipulates that whenever a tenant vacates the owners home or business, that the owner be required to submit paperwork , pictures of condition it was left in and showing the move out date of tennant along with PROOF OF A RECEIPT!!!! from either city dump, that anything left from tenants were disposed of properly! a receipt be required and shown to the city if they hired a lawn service, tree service, carpenter, plumber, roofer, painter, TILE work , brick work!!! all this should be mandatory! and i can guerendamT! the illegal desert dumping problem will finally be solved! at least 90% of it will anyway. I will volunteer to any city or waste mng official my time of 2 hours a day for 2 weeks to show proof in who is doing the dumping and will show that most of it is done within 3 miles of any direction to palmdale lancaster and Q.H. with the exact location of at least 12 major dump sites!. TO THE STAFF AT AV. TIMES, how about it are you up for a tour? let me show you the real story!
Tom says
Shelli WM & The City OF Palmdale will never take you up on your helping hand. WM has one agenda and one agenda only and that is that every single household use there services. If that stops the dumping fine if not that’s fine to by WM there gold is $$$$$.
Mary says
Antelope valley needs a free dump!! The cost is outrageous! That would definitely help the illegal dumping problem.
Tim Scott says
There is no such thing as a free dump. It is either paid for out of trash service or paid for out of property tax, or some combination of both.
I’ve always used the vouchers (you get two loads a year with trash service) so I have no idea what the charge at the dump would be. With every household getting two vouchers a year and most of them going unused there is no excuse for not being able to find someone who will let you use one. Illegal dumping is just straight laziness.
FREE says
They do offer free dump days to residence as well as allow you to have 5 free pick ups a year right from your curb. I just recently learned about the curb pick up and it has worked out great.
Philip says
Unless you live in an unincorporated neighborhood… then WM will not give you the two free pickups a year. Been there, tried that.
Tim Scott says
It’s part of their contract with the city, so no surprise it doesn’t apply in the county. You could try getting the elected county supervisor to…
Oh, never mind. I can’t even type that with a straight face. Unless you are a million dollar contributor you’re just another faceless resident of the furthest reaches of the county to the board of supervisors.
Brian says
WM allows bulk item pickups 4 times a year with trash service. ONLY 4 items, no more, 250lbs max. Good luck with contacting WM for these services, who are doing their part by hiring the best GED graduates for answering their customer service calls. Only took me 4 emails to coordinate a recent request for service!
The Valley would be better served by a low cost dump or a free dump day sponsored by the good citizens at WM.
Nick says
The Palmdale dump is outrageous on the cost of dumping. The LA county and Palmdale government must do something about this. Where I live there is hundreds upon hundreds of trash dumps by people who are too cheap or lazy to take it to a legal dump. Recently someone actually dump their Palmdale issued trash cans on my property. I called waste management about it and ask them to pickup the trash and their can …well they pick-upped there cans but left the trash. as@%$%743
Ken White says
The City needs to get out there and clean up Barrel Springs Park.
Engeram says
Here, here Sir Tom! We shouldst returneth to the Grand Days of Knights and Armour and dumpeth our Waste in the Streets! There hath no better Remedy for the Soul than a Goode Bout with the Black Plague.
Tom says
How did you get Black plague out of many of us do’t MAKE enough trash for weekly service, .Next week we’ll charge you 250$ for your waterbill regardless if you use 1 once or not. According to you this will stop a great flood.
Tom says
Waste Management thug nation you are the only show in town. There are plenty households that share waste pick up, There are plenty of households with only 1 or 2 people they don’t need your mandatory monopoly service every week. Most stuff that is illegal dump will not fit in your containers anyway.
Eric says
WM is not the only operation in town.
http://www.benzblue.com/home.html
Tom says
Hello Eric I just call and talk to Benzblue. They said the don’t service in the city or city limits of Palmdale it has to be Unincorporated city or part.Your are right WM is not the only show in town but Benzblue can’t help 96% of us.
Philip says
Tom,
Word. You hit it right on the money. I live alone and share trash service with my neighbor. Lately, there have been dumpster divers looting our trash cans. Trash Service in our hood is on Monday. I’ve set my alarm to take the trash to the curb so that the vultures can’t get to it before WM. I’ll keep two-stepping these trash diggers like a country song.
Good on you, man.
Lisa says
Except all of the homeless and people not registered at any addresses. 5 families on one property are going to dump illegally to not draw attention to the quantity coming out of one house…