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DeKalb committee delays vote on tougher scrap-tire enforcement while waiting on state action
Summary
The committee reviewed a redlined scrap-tire ordinance that would strengthen penalties and enforcement, discussed a possible workaround to charge per tire, and deferred the item to allow state legislation to develop and administrative planning to continue — returning April 21 to IRPS.
Staff presented a redlined substitute resolution and ordinance to strengthen enforcement of egregious tire dumping and illegal scrap-tire disposal. Mr. Allen, presenting the ordinance, said the draft incorporates law-department edits and anticipates state-level legislation that could expand counties’ authority to increase fines.
Mr. Allen described an enforcement…
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