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Council approves first reading of sanitation ordinance creating citation process for yard waste
Summary
Ordinance 2025-27, creating a $20 first-instance and $45 second-instance citation program for certain cleanliness and yard-waste violations with a warnings-first approach and a Waste Management pilot, passed first reading 7–0; council members asked staff to review pilot results before setting a final fine level.
The West Melbourne City Council approved the first reading of Ordinance 2025-27, which establishes a citation program to address cleanliness and sanitation violations (yard waste and similar premises issues) and amends city code sections 26-104 and 26-105.
City staff (Mr. Carey) explained the ordinance grew from a prior workshop and is intended to give the city a faster tool than the longer code-enforcement-board process. Carey said the program would begin with warnings and escalate to a $20 citation for a first…
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