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Board approves updates to waste, C&D and bear‑proof ordinances and orders stronger vendor enforcement
Summary
Supervisors gave conceptual approval to amend solid‑waste, construction/demolition recycling and bear‑proof container ordinances and directed staff to pursue mandatory collection options in parts of Tahoe and stronger enforcement and registration steps against unpermitted roadside food vendors.
The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on March 24 approved conceptual updates to multiple environmental ordinances and ordered a tougher, coordinated approach to unpermitted roadside food vendors.
Environmental Management staff asked the board to modernize three longstanding ordinances: the bear‑proof waste and recycling rules (to standardize storage requirements and apply modern systems), the construction and demolition (C&D) recycling ordinance (to simplify compliance and align with state law), and the solid‑waste management code (last comprehensively revised in 1997). For the Tahoe basin, staff…
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