Shawnee County Solid Waste issues each home a 95-gallon cart. Within Topeka, carts must be stored out of street view between pickups and set out only around collection day. HOAs may be stricter.
The county provides the cart, but inside Topeka the appearance rules come from the city. The Property Maintenance Unit expects carts kept out of public view between collection days — in a garage, behind a fence, or screened at the side of the house — and set at the curb or alley only for collection, then brought back the same day. Lids should close fully, and overflowing carts may be skipped or flagged. In the unincorporated county there's no bin-screening ordinance; storage there is a matter of the county's general nuisance rules or an HOA covenant rather than a specific code section.
In Topeka, carts left in public view or out well past collection day can draw a property-maintenance warning, then fines if not corrected. Overfilled carts with open lids may go uncollected.
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