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Council approves amendment to trash ordinance, tightens penalties and changes cart placement time
Summary
The Mobile City Council approved an amendment to Ordinance 25-018 that narrows new penalties in the city's garbage code and changes the time residents may place carts at the curb from 5 a.m. to noon the day before collection. Councilmembers said further amendments on scrap tires, eviction debris and donation-box litter will follow.
The Mobile City Council on May 6 voted to amend Ordinance 25-018, changing enforcement language in the city's garbage and trash code and shortening the allowable time residents may place carts for pickup.
Councilman Woods said the amendment 'uncomplicates' the earlier proposal and "nails down" penalties to focus on the wheeled cart and corrects the time residents may put carts at the curb to noon the day before…
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