Royal Oak Township, MI Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

Section 22-24 of the Charter Township of Royal Oak Code controls where and when garbage containers sit. The duty falls on the owner, occupant, or person in charge of any dwelling house, store or other business establishment, manufacturing company or other building where garbage or rubbish accumulates. That person must provide suitable receptacles and place the garbage, rubbish or other solid waste created on the premises inside them.

On the days scheduled for collection, the receptacles go at the curbline in front of the building. The timing rule is exact: containers cannot be set out for collection before 12:00 noon preceding the day of collection, and after the receptacles are emptied they must be removed from the street on the same day collections are made. A container left at the curb after pickup day is a violation of § 22-24(a).

Subsection (b) changes the location for developed property in a business or manufacturing zone with an alley at the rear or side. There the receptacles are placed in the alley or at another location designated by the Supervisor, not at the front curbline.

Commercial and manufacturing establishments face a second timing rule in § 22-26. They cannot place garbage, rubbish or other solid waste outside between 3:00 p.m. on Friday, or on any day preceding a legal holiday, and 6:00 a.m. of the next regular collection day, and in no event after the last regularly scheduled collection on any Friday or day preceding a legal holiday.

The containers themselves must meet § 22-20: watertight with tightfitting covers to keep out water and prevent disturbance by animals, and equipped with handles. Section 22-27 bars leaving garbage in a street, alley or other public place outside a receptacle.