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Houghton County adopts updated Upper Peninsula environmental health code over one dissent
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The Houghton County Board of Commissioners voted 4–1 on April 11 to adopt the Western Upper Peninsula Environmental Health Code, citing state law and no fee increase; one commissioner said the code needed additional factual clarification before adoption.
The Houghton County Board of Commissioners voted 4–1 on April 11 to adopt the Western Upper Peninsula Environmental Health Code, a district-level update the board said replaces the county's older code for residential and commercial uses.
Commissioner Glenn Anderson, who offered the motion to approve, told the board the new code is an improvement on the 2019 version and said there will be no fee increase tied to the adoption. Commissioner Joel Keranen…
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