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Suwannee County adopts ordinance banning dumping of human waste; creates civil-citation enforcement
Summary
The Suwannee County Commission adopted an ordinance making it unlawful to dump human waste within county boundaries, authorized civil citations, and deputized county employees for enforcement under state law; the vote was 5-0.
County Attorney Morrison told the board the draft ordinance was written to address a growing problem of human waste being found in county waterways and on private and public lands.
"What this ordinance does ... is it outlaws the dumping of human waste anywhere within the territorial boundaries of Suwannee County, including all private or public land, including all waterways within Suwannee County," Morrison said.
Morrison told commissioners the ordinance will deputize county employees to enforce the law under Florida statute, and establish a…
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