Nicholasville, KY Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

Section 18-5(12) of the Nicholasville Code is the cart placement rule. Under item a, roll cart containers and other receptacles for solid waste, including trash, garbage and debris, are placed at the curb no sooner than 7:00 p.m. on the evening prior to collection day and no later than 7:00 a.m. on the day of collection. Item b requires roll cart containers and receptacles to be removed from the curb no later than 7:00 p.m. on the day of collection. The rule therefore has two printed clocks: a set-out window that opens the evening before and closes the morning of collection, and a removal deadline the same evening.

Between collections, item c lets roll carts and other receptacles stay in the rear yard or other enclosed facility. A household without rear yard access can be exempt from the storage provision, but only upon approval of an alternative storage location by the Environmental Enforcement Section Director. Item c is a storage requirement with a named approver, so the exemption is not self-executing.

Two neighboring sections complete the picture. Section 18-3(D) requires residential solid waste containers to be stored upon the residential premises. Section 18-3(b) separately bars placing any container, tree limb or yard waste at the roadside before the regularly scheduled collection day. Section 18-5 opens by directing the city to make, amend, revoke and enforce reasonable and necessary rules on collection points of solid waste containers (item 8), so the curb is the collection point the Code contemplates for carts.