Unincorporated Lake County requires carts at the curb before 6:00 a.m. on your collection day, with the handles and wheels facing away from the road. Yard-trash cans must be pulled back and secured by 10:00 p.m. the same day.
Sec. 23-21 directs customers to place their garbage cart at the curbside before six o'clock (6:00) a.m. on the scheduled collection day, positioned so the handles and wheels face away from the road; Sec. 23-22 sets the same 6 a.m. rule for recycling carts. All garbage must be inside the cart—material set outside is not picked up—and carts may not be loaded above 150 pounds or their rated capacity. Yard-trash containers set at the curb must be removed, replaced on the property and properly secured by ten o'clock (10:00) p.m. on the collection day (Sec. 23-23).
Improper set-out is a Ch. 23 violation enforced through Chapter 8; an uncontested first citation carries a $150 civil penalty ($300 repeat), escalating to Special Master fines for continued noncompliance.
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