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Resident presses city to address daily trash drifting from grocery store on Twelfth Street
Summary
A resident said overflowing outside refuse at a new grocery store is leaving bags and debris on nearby Twelfth Street properties; city manager said code enforcement, solid waste and legal will investigate and contact the property owner, who may be cited if responsible.
Gordon Brown, a Twelfth Street resident, told the City Council during Citizens Forum that daily trash from a nearby grocery store consistently blows into his yard and the surrounding blocks. Brown said lids on the store’s refuse areas are propped open and refuse is overfilling outdoor containers; he asked whether the city could require compactors, fencing, or other measures to prevent litter migrating into residential yards.
Brown said he has approached store management and called…
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