As many things are in Texas, the rules around trash bins are largely left to the leaders of Lone Star State cities in towns. While some are pretty lax on the laws of garbage can storage, smaller and wealthier cities tend to be more prescriptive.
In San Antonio, there are no clearly stated rules on where a trash bin from the city must be stored. The same goes for many major metros, like Dallas and Austin, but cities like Alamo Heights say they can’t be stored in public view.
“After a garbage can or trash/brush can or receptacle has been emptied, it shall be removed by the owner of such can or receptacle from the collection point on the parkway of a street at the earliest possible time on the day of collection, and returned to a point of storage on private property and not readily visible from said street or alley,” the Alamo Heights City ordinance states…