Where towns provide curbside carts, bins must be stored out of street view between collection days and set out only around your pickup day. HOAs across Dorchester County often add stricter screening rules.
In Summerville, North Charleston, and other served areas, roll carts belong behind a fence, in a garage, or screened at the side of the house between collection days, not parked permanently at the curb or in the front yard. Carts go out the evening before or morning of collection and come back the same day, with lids closed and not overflowing. Unincorporated residents who self-haul to convenience sites have no curb carts to screen, but general nuisance rules still bar letting bagged trash pile up in view. Dorchester's many HOA subdivisions commonly impose tighter bin-storage and screening standards than the town codes.
Bins stored in public view or left at the curb past the deadline draw a warning, then fines commonly $25 to $100 per occurrence. HOA penalties are separate.
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