O'Fallon, MO Trash & Recycling: Pickup Rules & Schedules (2026)
Key Facts
- Earliest curb time
- 6:00 P.M. evening before service day
- Latest curb time
- 6:00 A.M. day after service
- Window length
- 36 hours
- Legal basis
- Nuisance under § 220.020(A)(22)
- Repeat-violation fine
- $200 to $450, graduated
Summary
O'Fallon treats an uncovered, leaking or improperly timed trash or recycle can as a public nuisance under Section 220.020(A)(22). Cans may sit at the curb only within a 36-hour window: from 6:00 P.M. the evening before your scheduled service day until 6:00 A.M. the day after.
Garbage and recycle cans which are not securely covered, which are leaking, which are unsanitary or which do not prevent the entry of flies, insects and rodents and garbage and recycle cans which have been left or stored along public roads, sidewalks and rights-of-way in the City of O'Fallon for anytime outside the thirty-six (36) hours beginning at 6:00 P.M. on the evening prior to that resident's scheduled service day and ending at 6:00 A.M. the day following the scheduled service. Holidays occurring during the week can affect the resident's normally scheduled service day.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4860992; v58 updated 2026-05-14; through 05-14-2026).
Full Breakdown
020(A) lists conditions the City declares to be nuisances affecting public health, and item 22 targets curbside cans directly. the day following the scheduled service. The provision notes that a holiday during the week can shift a resident's normal service day, which shifts the 36-hour window with it. 020(A)(22) additionally requires bringing them back in by the next morning and keeping them sanitary and covered in between. 010 makes maintaining any nuisance on an occupied lot, or within one-half mile of the City limits, unlawful, and states that each day a nuisance continues is a separate offense, which can multiply exposure for a can left at the curb for an extended stretch.
Violations & Fines
Leaving a garbage or recycle can at the curb, sidewalk or right-of-way outside the 6:00 P.M.-to-6:00 A.M. window around the scheduled service day, or keeping a can uncovered, leaking or unsanitary, violates Section 220.020(A)(22) as a public nuisance, and each day it continues is a separate offense under Section 220.010. Because nuisance penalties are authorized under Section 67.398, RSMo., Section 100.010(4) sets graduated fines: $200 for a first violation in twelve months, $275 for a second, $350 for a third, and $450 for a fourth or later violation.
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