Committee Approves Revised Recycling and Auto‑Parts Code Updates; Adds Faster Timelines, Fire-Prevention Plans and 12‑Month Three‑Strike Rule
The committee approved updates to the city code regulating metal recycling entities (MRE) and used auto parts recyclers (UAPR), including a faster timeline for correcting violations, new enforcement options, a 1,000‑foot separation requirement for new facilities, mandated fire-prevention plans, and a new definition for metal shredder residue.
The full story
The Planning and Community Development Committee voted to send a package of revisions to Chapter 16 of the city code—targeted at metal recycling entities (MREs) and used auto parts recyclers (UAPRs)—to the full City Council. The recommended changes followed more than a dozen task force meetings and weeks of industry and community stakeholder negotiation.
Sign up to keep reading.
Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.