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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 collection instead of 5 a.m. the day before. The council voted in favor of the amendment and then advanced the ordinance.
The amendment narrowed the scope of the penalty provisions and set the cart-placement window at 12 p.m. the day before scheduled pickup. Council members said the change limits incidental penalties for unrelated debris and focuses enforcement on violations tied to the city-issued cart.
Council members and staff also said the ordinance package is a first step and that the council will consider more targeted changes in coming months to address scrap tires, belongings left after evictions and litter around donation boxes. Vice President Gregory commended Councilman Woods for the revisions and said the amendments begin a larger effort to update enforcement tools.
No detailed vote tallies were recorded in the meeting transcript. The clerk announced the amendment passed and the ordinance was advanced as amended.
The ordinance amends Chapter 25 (Garbage and Trash) of the Mobile City Code; the city clerk will publish the amended language and revised enforcement schedule.
Council members said they will consider additional, separate amendments later this year that would address scrap-tire disposal, post-eviction refuse, and illegal dumping near donation boxes.
