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Draft requires enclosures for commercial and larger residential sites; enforcement and grandfathering left for later discussion
Summary
The site standards would require trash and recycling enclosures for multiunit residential and nonresidential sites subject to site-plan review; commissioners asked whether existing businesses would be grandfathered or phased and sought enforcement options for overflowing or shared dumpsters.
Article 5 proposes that multiple-unit residential and nonresidential developments provide enclosed and screened trash and recycling areas with lockable opaque gates. The requirement applies to sites reviewed under site-plan procedures and would not force single-family properties to install enclosures.
Why it matters: commissioners and members of the public described recurring problems with uncontained trash, mattress…
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