Scottsburg council adopts off‑road vehicle ordinance, debates sanitation code and hears infrastructure updates

The Scottsburg City Council on a March 2025 meeting passed an ordinance regulating off‑road vehicle use and considered multiple service and infrastructure items, including a proposed replacement sanitation ordinance, a final compliance filing for a tax abatement, approval of a sanitation supervisor job description and a Memorial Day road‑closure request for a church car show. The council also heard a public complaint about open burning on Main Street and an update on sewer and water grants.

The council recorded unanimous passage of Ordinance 2025‑3, which repeals and replaces chapter 86 of the City of Scottsburg code regulating off‑road vehicles. The measure passed on its third and final reading, the council noted at the meeting.

Council members spent more time on proposed Ordinance 2025‑1, described at the meeting as repealing and replacing the municipal code sections on trash collection and sanitation services. Councilors raised questions about who would be liable if sanitation equipment damaged a resident’s receptacle and about the stated dumpster rates in the new code. One council member asked whether commercial three‑yard…