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Council reviews multiple ordinance updates: fines, sidewalk trough drains and water-connection language
Summary
Council committee discussed inserting minimum fines across borough ordinances, changing sidewalk drain requirements to allow trough drains, and updating water-connection language to reflect municipal authority handling connections. Council postponed advertising changes until the next law-and-ordinance meeting.
Lewistown Borough Council's committee reviewed several proposed ordinance updates, including adding minimum fines to borough code sections, changing sidewalk drain requirements to allow trough drains, and revising water-connection language to reflect that a municipal authority — not the borough — performs connections.
Staff presented a consolidated draft that adds minimums where ordinances previously only listed maximum fines; the intent is to give the magistrate consistent parameters. Staff said most existing ordinances already included…
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