Peoria County, IL Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

The county's Unified Development Ordinance treats a garbage or recycling cart as "outdoor storage" for zoning purposes, and outdoor storage of goods, materials, or refuse containers is normally forbidden inside any required road setback under UDO Sec. 2(2)(b). The ordinance then carves out one narrow exception: residential property owners may temporarily move their containers into that setback strip for curbside pick-up, so long as the placement is temporary rather than a permanent storage spot for the cart between collection days. Outside of that pickup-day window, carts belong back on the buildable side of the setback line with other stored materials.

1 (Commercial Recycling), residents may either haul their own recyclables to a county drop-off site or contract with a licensed hauler for curbside collection under Sec. 1-3(b)(2); haulers must hold an annual county vehicle license under Sec. 1-4 that expires every July 31. Once a resident's refuse or recyclables are set out for authorized collection, ownership and handling responsibility stay with the resident only until the licensed hauler removes them, per the ownership provisions the code applies to residential set-outs.