Castle Rock allows garbage containers at the roadway or alley for no more than 24 hours around pickup, after which cans must be stored out of public view. Unincorporated areas rely on HOA and hauler rules instead.
Cart set-out timing in Castle Rock follows the Town's property-maintenance code: containers may be placed next to a public roadway or alley for trash pickup for a period not to exceed 24 hours. Outside that window, cans belong beside or behind the home, screened from street view. Because collection is by private hauler, the hauler determines your service day, and you time set-out to it. In unincorporated Douglas County there is no county placement ordinance; HOA covenants (common in Highlands Ranch) and the hauler's contract dictate where carts go and how soon they must be returned to storage.
Carts left out beyond 24 hours in Castle Rock draw a code-compliance notice; HOAs may separately cite members for visible or early-set-out containers.
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