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Resident urges stricter enforcement and clearer rules on open burning after repeated smoke incidents
Summary
A Verona resident told the Common Council that repeat backyard fires have produced prolonged smoke, poor air quality and unclear enforcement, and asked the council to tighten the open burning and noxious-odor rules and clarify enforcement contacts.
Jenny Pavlovic, a Verona resident, told the Common Council at its June 23 meeting that repeated open burning in her Melody Lane neighborhood has created “very poor air quality” this spring and at times been a health nuisance. Pavlovic asked the council to limit allowable fires, prohibit burning materials that produce heavy smoke and clarify who residents should call when ordinances are violated.
Pavlovic said violators have at times left fire pits smoldering overnight and burned yard waste and other materials she believes are already prohibited…
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