WLV residents travel in long blocks — 2-week European trips, month-long Hawaii rentals, Aspen for half of December. Long absences make the bin-handling problem more acute than in any other Conejo Valley city.
CC&Rs in Lake Sherwood and Westlake Island don't have a "but we're traveling" exception. Bins out for a month equals 4-6 violation letters and potentially a fine schedule that hits four figures.
The pause workflow is the same everywhere: dashboard hold, set the date range, service stops automatically. But in WLV we add a second layer: we coordinate with the gate-house guard so they're not flagging suspicious activity around your unattended home, and we drive past once a week to verify nothing has accumulated at the transfer point.
That extra layer is included on every Lake Sherwood and Westlake Island account at no extra cost. Westlake Village can-to-curb is the right fit for long-block travelers.