Guides · Your home and yard
Where do my trash and recycling cans have to go?
Either inside your garage, or behind or beside the house where they cannot be seen from any street, alley or neighboring home — behind a privacy fence, for example. The Reviewer can name other places they must be kept.
Trash container violations are one of the categories on the fine schedule.
That is a summary in plain words. The passages below are what the documents actually say, and they are the authority.
What the documents say
Trash containers and recycling bins must be stored in one of the following locations: (i) inside the garage of the residence; or (ii) behind or on the side of a residence in such a manner that the trash container and recycling bin is not visible from any street, alley, or adjacent residence, e.g. behind a privacy fence or other appropriate screening.
Development Area Declaration, §2.4Read page 7 in the documentscan
(mowing, etc.) • Trash Container Violations • Failure to Maintain Dwelling (Exterior) or Fencing
Fine and Enforcement Policy, Schedule of FinesRead page 4 in the document
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This guide was written from the copies in this archive. Documents can be amended after they are recorded, and this is not legal advice; the recorded instruments at the Comal County Clerk are the authoritative versions.