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Residents press county for stronger code enforcement and sharps disposal amid rising encampment concerns
Summary
Members of a neighborhood group described persistent encampment-related sanitation, needles and public-safety problems and asked the board for information and help; staff said sharps containers and disposal options exist and acknowledged enforcement is complex.
A resident group from the Golden Pheasant neighborhood told the Board of Health that unpermitted living situations, abandoned vehicles, frequent drug activity and discarded syringes at a key intersection have created a public-safety and sanitation problem.
The commenter said neighbors have picked up needles and other hazardous litter while trying to clean roadsides and parks and asked whether the county could strengthen code enforcement. She said recent research of county minutes suggested a prior lack of will to…
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