Kanawha County sets no countywide rule on when curbside carts go out or how they are stored. Your hauler's schedule and, inside the cities, the municipal collection ordinance control. Steep hillside streets shape practical placement more than any county code.
In the unincorporated county there is no ordinance fixing a set-out hour, cart spacing, or where bins must sit between pickups — that follows your private hauler's route and contract. Practically, put carts out the evening before or the morning of pickup and bring them back the same day. On Kanawha's steep, narrow hollows and hillside streets, that often means carrying cans down to a shared road-edge spot. Screening and storage rules come from a city property-maintenance code or an HOA covenant; Charleston and the other cities set their own set-out and retrieval windows.
The county issues no set-out or screening citation in unincorporated areas. Inside a city, leaving carts out past the allowed window draws a municipal warning then a small fine; spilled refuse can be abated as a nuisance.
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