Wyoming, MI Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

Section 62-51 of the Code of Ordinances prohibits keeping or storing garbage or rubbish containers in the front yard or secondary front yard of any property in Wyoming, Michigan, or in the space between the sidewalk and the street, except when the containers are placed there on the day scheduled for pickup. Once collection crews empty a cart, the owner or occupant must move it back out of that space promptly rather than leaving it curbside between collections. The location rule works alongside two other Division 2 sections: Section 62-46 requires every dwelling, commercial operation and industrial operation to keep one or more approved garbage or rubbish containers on the premises, and Section 62-47 requires enough containers, of adequate number and size, to keep material covered and inaccessible to rodents and animals at all times.

under Section 62-126, so a resident who sets a cart at the curb the evening before pickup, rather than storing it in the front yard year-round, is complying with the ordinance. These rules apply inside Wyoming's city limits in Kent County; a resident just across the border in Grandville, Kentwood or Grand Rapids is governed by that municipality's own container ordinance, not this one. Because the Code of Ordinances does not set a chapter-specific fine for Chapter 62 violations, a bin-placement violation defaults to the general municipal civil infraction schedule in Section 1-27, and the city manager's designees, including code enforcement staff, may issue the citation after an inspection.