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Mobile City councilors discuss tighter enforcement, ordinance tweaks for illegal dumping and household garbage
Summary
Council members and staff discussed proposed amendments to Mobile’s garbage and trash code, new state authority on tire manifests, and enforcement challenges for illegal dumping and donation bins; Councilmember Woods said he will seek a one-week layover to refine language.
Councilmember Miss Woods asked the council to delay action for one week on amendments to Mobile City Code Chapter 25 (household garbage and enforcement) so staff can refine language and remove what she said were overly harsh penalties.
"Let's just do 1 week. It's, we the discussions are ongoing, and kind of kinda know what we need to do is just really get the language right," Miss Woods said during the pre-meeting.
The amendments under discussion would clarify times for placing household garbage at the curb, separate categories of fines for leaving carts out early or late versus large piles or commercial-style dumping, and remove the possibility of three months' jail time as a…
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