In unincorporated Ada County, solid-waste carts must be set out no more than four feet from the street and may not be stored curbside outside collection days. Containers must be out by 7:00 A.M. on collection day but no earlier than the evening before.
Ada County Code 5-2-4-3 governs the temporary storage and setout of sanitary containers for the county's contracted residential collection (Hardin Sanitation). Carts placed farther than four feet from the street may incur a carry-out fee, and long-term curbside storage between collections is prohibited. Standard service under Ordinance 938 provides a 95-gallon trash cart and a 95-gallon recycling cart per household; loose or bagged waste placed outside the carts is not collected. These rules apply only in unincorporated Ada County; incorporated cities set their own container rules.
Non-compliant setout may result in missed collection, carry-out fees, or enforcement under Ada County Code 5-2-10, which makes solid-waste ordinance violations a misdemeanor punishable under Idaho Code 18-113.
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