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Verona resident urges tighter open‑burning rules after repeated smoke incidents
Summary
A Verona resident asked the council to tighten and better enforce the city's open burning and noxious‑odor ordinances after multiple neighborhood smoke incidents this spring; city officials said the issue is under review.
Jenny Pavlovic, a Verona resident, told the Common Council during public comment that recurring open burning in her neighborhood has created “very poor air quality” and urged the council to tighten the city’s open burning and noxious‑odor ordinances and clarify enforcement procedures.
Pavlovic said current rules are not always enforced effectively and asked the council to explicitly prohibit burning leaves, yard waste, green or wet…
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