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Health department to add drive‑through trash checks to routine inspections; committee closes file after departments agree to enforce ordinance
Summary
Councilors asked the Health Department to enforce existing city code requiring covered trash receptacles before and after drive‑through windows. Health staff said inspections will incorporate the check; the committee took no further action and left enforcement to department staff.
The Committee on Ordinances reviewed a motion requesting the Health Department enforce City Code §12‑38, which requires covered trash receptacles before and after drive‑through windows at fast‑food businesses. Councilor Bridal Gomes asked the health department to inspect drive‑throughs and for enforcement where businesses were not complying.
Joe Carvallo, representing the Board of Health, said Director Stephanie Sloan provided a written communication and offered Carvallo to present in her stead. Carvallo told the…
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