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Cramerton extends trash‑bin deadline, moves forward on code revisions and will refine basketball-goal language
Summary
The board voted to give residents until 9 p.m. the evening after pickup to return trash/recycle bins, approved code section 92.077, lifted the enforcement stay and instructed staff to refine basketball-goal language rather than require a permit; all votes were unanimous.
The Cramerton Board of Commissioners on March 19 approved changes to town code timing for trash and recycle bins, approved an associated code section and lifted a previously imposed enforcement stay.
Commissioner Dixie Abernathy moved to change Section 94.032(b)-(5) so that containers and bins must be returned to the dwelling by 9 p.m. the evening after the day of pickup; Commissioner Kathy Ramsey seconded the motion and the board voted 5–0. Attorney Karen Wolter said any appeal fee for enforcement actions will be placed in the town’s fee schedule when the budget is approved.
The board also approved code section 92.077 as presented (motion by Commissioner Scott Kincaid, seconded by Commissioner Jennifer Ramsey, vote 5–0). Attorney Wolter recommended the specific basketball-goal language be finalized at the next meeting because additional edits were needed; commissioners agreed staff should remove a permit requirement from proposed F8 language and return with clarified wording. Commissioner Abernathy said, “we shouldn't require the citizens to get a permit” for a goal on their property, and staff explained the primary legal concern is the town’s ability to abate or remove goals that become nuisances.
Mayor Pro Tempore Richard Atkinson moved to lift the executive stay on trash-can/bin enforcement; Commissioner Abernathy seconded and the board voted 5–0. Staff reported they had sent warning letters to 33 addresses with prior issues.
Why it matters: the changes ease short-term compliance for residents (additional 24 hours to return bins) while restoring enforcement authority to address repeat or nuisance violations. The basketball-goal changes remain under review to ensure the ordinance clarifies that goals must be in front of the owner’s property (not placed three houses away) and to give the town a removal mechanism for persistent nuisances.
Next steps: staff will present updated basketball-goal ordinance language at a subsequent meeting and will implement the extended bin-return deadline and enforcement procedures under the updated code provisions.
