Carroll County, GA Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 102-16, Appendix A Art. IV § 4.6.A.1
- Enclosure height
- About 6 feet, solid, with a gate
- Setback from housing
- At least 50 feet from residential zoning or use
- Pad requirement
- Concrete pad extending 5 feet beyond the gate
- Gate opening
- 12 feet wide
- Applies where
- Only inside county's primary/secondary transportation corridors
- Exemption
- Single-family homes not part of a larger development
Summary
Along Carroll County, Georgia's designated highway corridors, the Corridor Development Plan at Carroll County Code § 102-16, Appendix A requires commercial, industrial and multifamily solid-waste collection areas to sit inside a 6-foot solid, gated enclosure set back from residential zoning and the corridor right-of-way.
A.Screening of utility areas and equipment.1.Solid waste collection areas. Solid waste receptacles, shipping pallets, bundled cardboard and similar waste materials stored for collection shall be enclosed on all sides and screened from public view of adjoining residential properties or any street right-of-way with a 6-foot (plus or minus 8 inches) solid enclosure with a gate and shall be constructed of cedar, redwood, masonry or other compatible building material. The floor of the gated enclosure shall be a concrete pad which shall extend 5 feet beyond the gate and the gate opening itself shall measure 12 feet. Trash enclosures shall be located a minimum of 50 feet from any residential zoning district or use, and the transportation corridor right-of-way, but may otherwise be located within any required building setback area.
Full Breakdown
Carroll County's zoning framework at Chapter 102 defers most dimensional standards to a separate Unified Development Ordinance, but its Corridor Development Plan (Sec. S. S. Highway 78, Interstate 20 and several other listed routes in the unincorporated county. 1 requires solid waste collection areas, meaning dumpsters, shipping pallets, bundled cardboard and similar materials stored for pickup, to be enclosed on all sides and screened from public view of adjoining residential properties or any street right-of-way. The enclosure must be a solid, gated structure roughly 6 feet tall (plus or minus 8 inches), built of cedar, redwood, masonry or other compatible material.
The floor must be a concrete pad extending 5 feet beyond the gate, with a 12-foot gate opening, and the whole enclosure must sit at least 50 feet from any residential zoning district or use and from the transportation corridor right-of-way, though it can otherwise sit inside a required building setback. 4, a single-family residence that is not part of a larger common development plan is exempt from this and the rest of the CDP standards.
Violations & Fines
The Corridor Development Plan's own enforcement clause, section 16.6.F, lets the county pursue any means authorized by state law and county ordinance, including declaratory or injunctive relief, fines, and withholding or revoking development permit approvals, against a project that fails to screen its dumpster or solid waste collection area as Appendix A requires.
Frequently Asked Questions
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