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Shipman outlines Cherry Street dumpster-enclosure plan; commission signals support
Summary
City staff presented a plan to manage downtown dumpsters through shared enclosures, a proposed ordinance requiring city dumpsters unless a viable alternate is shown, and a maintenance fee; DDA feedback and public comments favored a Cherry Street location as the most practical compromise.
Staff member Shipman presented the Mount Clemens commission with a plan to manage downtown dumpsters by siting shared enclosures and adopting an ordinance to require city dumpster use unless a business can show a viable alternate.
Shipman said the issue has persisted for years, with dumpsters and grease bins placed on city property and businesses using ad-hoc arrangements. "The ordinance would say that everybody had to use a city dumpster unless they could provide the city that they had a viable alternate means of trash pickup," Shipman said, describing a committee-driven, cooperative model that would allow bulk pricing and a small maintenance fee.
The presentation recalled prior work that created an enclosure on New Street and noted two "homeless" dumpsters that have no assigned…
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