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 has no ordinance dictating where a resident keeps trash carts or whether they must be hidden from the street. In the unincorporated Gulf Coast, that is simply not a power the county exercises. Section 22-27-3 requires you to have approved disposal service, so you will have a container, but nothing in county law addresses its appearance, placement, or screening between collections. Rules that require bins behind a fence or beside the house come from homeowners association covenants, where they exist. The county's interest begins only if refuse spills out and becomes a junk or litter nuisance.
No county penalty attaches to visible or curbside-stored carts. A citation appears only if overflowing refuse becomes junk or litter under the county Junk Control Ordinance, or if an HOA covenant is broken.
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