Lake Sherwood's CC&Rs include a clean-and-presentable bin requirement. Westlake Island has the same language. Most residents don't notice until they get the first violation letter — usually triggered by a board member's drive-by photo of staining or pooled liquid.
The compliance bar isn't aesthetic perfection. It's "no visible degradation beyond manufacturer original." A bin with five years of weather and some staining is fine. A bin with visible food residue, fly accumulation, or pooled drip is not.
Pro cleaning resets the bin to clean baseline once a month or once a quarter. The trail of email confirmations from the cleaning service serves as the documentation needed if you ever face a fine review.
Lake Sherwood and Westlake Island are two of our most-subscribed neighborhoods specifically because the CC&R compliance pressure is real. Westlake Village bin cleaning is built around the documentation pattern these boards expect.