Forsyth County requires solid waste receptacles to be stored sanitarily and maintained to prevent nuisance or unsanitary conditions. The code does not fix a specific curb setback or set-out time countywide; those come from your franchise hauler or town.
Under Sec. 19-5, the owner or occupant is responsible for the sanitary storage of all solid waste, and all containers must be maintained so they do not create a nuisance or unsanitary conditions; broken containers must be replaced. Solid waste receptacles include dumpsters, rollout carts and other containers. The county code does not set a countywide curb-distance or collection-day placement time; specific set-out and placement instructions come from the franchised hauler or, inside towns, from municipal collection rules.
Containers that create a nuisance or unsanitary condition, or that are broken and unreplaced, violate Sec. 19-5: misdemeanor up to $500 or 30 days plus civil penalty up to $500, each day separate.
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