Unincorporated Johnson County sets no set-out hour or bin-screening rule — your hauler decides. Iowa City directs residents to place carts curbside by 7 a.m. on collection day and bring them back the same evening.
In the unincorporated county no ordinance fixes when carts go to the curb, how they space out, or where they sit between pickups; you follow your private hauler's route. The timing rules people ask about are municipal. Iowa City tells curbside customers to set garbage, recycling and organics carts out by 7 a.m. on their route day, leave about a foot of clearance around each cart so the automated arm can grab it, and retrieve them the same day. Coralville and North Liberty give similar set-out guidance. A homeowners association covenant can add stricter storage rules on top.
No county set-out citation exists in unincorporated areas. Spilled or scattered refuse can be abated as a nuisance; inside the cities, carts left at the curb too long draw a code-compliance notice.
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