5 rules for unincorporated Mobile County, Alabama.
Verified from official government sources
Where you store trash and recycling carts is not a Mobile County matter. The county sets no screening or storage rule for unincorporated areas; keeping bins out of view is governed by HOA covenants, not county law.
Mobile County directly polices blight in unincorporated areas. Alabama Code §45-49-170.51 makes it a public nuisance to let any lot or premises accumulate garbage, junk, debris, inoperable vehicles, or appliances, enforced by the county Junk Control Ordinance.
Ala. Code §45-49-170.51
It shall be unlawful and constitute a public nuisance for the owner or other person in charge or control of a building, lot, junkyard, or other premises, within the unincorporated territory of Mobile County to fail to keep the lot, junkyard, or premises clean and free from garbage, refuse, litter, junk, debris, salvaged materials, household furniture, trash, used motor vehicle tires, inoperable...
Overgrown vacant lots are reachable in unincorporated Mobile County. Under Alabama Code §11-3A-2, the county may abate weeds as a public nuisance defined in §11-67-60 — grass or weeds over 12 inches — plus junk under §45-49-170.51.
Ala. Code §11-3A-2
The powers granted herein to provide for the public welfare, health, and safety of its citizens shall only include the following: (1) Abatement of weeds as a public nuisance as defined in Section 11-67-60.
This does not apply on the Gulf Coast. Mobile County sees no measurable snow, maintains no sidewalk-clearing ordinance, and imposes no shoveling duty on property owners in unincorporated areas.
Mobile County issues no garage-sale rules for unincorporated areas. Alabama counties can't zone or license residential sales, so how often and how you run a yard sale is a matter of HOA covenants, not county law.
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