Oakland aldermen approve storage-container, street-parking and gypsum-board ordinances; award sanitation contract and authorize demolition

The Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of Oakland voted on a series of ordinances and resolutions at its July meeting, approving a new ordinance regulating portable storage containers, an amendment expanding street-parking enforcement, a building-materials standard for residential truss construction, a sanitary-collection contract recommendation, renewal of school-facility use agreements, approval of two food-truck permits, and authorization to hire demolition services for a condemned property on Mallory Drive.

Why it matters: The package of votes adds new enforceable rules for storage containers and parking on town streets, raises the local requirement for gypsum board in certain residential construction to a fire-safety standard, and shifts the town’s sanitation contract to a lower-priced vendor—changes that affect contractors, property owners and nearly all residential utility customers in Oakland.

Most significant actions

Sanitation contract award: The board accepted staff’s recommendation to award the town’s…