Kanawha County issues no cart and sets no rule on where you store trash bins between pickups. Screening and placement are a city or HOA matter; the county acts only if refuse spills or accumulates into a nuisance.
Because collection in the unincorporated county is by private subscription, the county neither issues carts nor dictates where you keep them. No county ordinance requires bins screened behind a fence, beside the house, or out of street view, and none limits how long a cart may sit out. Those rules come from a city property-maintenance code — Charleston, South Charleston and St. Albans all regulate cart storage and set-out — or an HOA covenant. The county's interest begins only when refuse spills or piles up: accumulated garbage is a nuisance the county can order removed, and under WV Code §22C-4-10 every household must still have service or prove lawful disposal.
No county penalty attaches to a visible or curbside-stored cart in unincorporated areas. A citation follows only if refuse becomes a nuisance, or a city or HOA storage rule is broken.
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