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Residents urge St. Louis County to withdraw or narrow proposed Ordinance 62, citing vague language and fees
Summary
At a public-comment session on Ordinance 62, multiple St. Louis County residents told the board the draft language is unclear, risks reclassifying private property as commercial salvage, and would impose burdensome fees and enforcement costs, particularly on rural and retired residents.
Several dozen residents told the St. Louis County Board during the public-comment period that proposed amendments in Ordinance 62 threaten private-property rights, are written with ambiguous terms and could saddle rural residents with new fees.
Danielle Filipovic, a resident who spoke early in the hour, said the proposal was “wrong on so many levels,” arguing the county would be overreaching by taxing or regulating items stored on private property and by imposing fees that would hurt working-class and farming families. “Once you’re taxed again for something that is already yours…Enough is enough,” she said.
Multiple speakers pressed the board for clarity about definitions in the amended vocabulary. A public commenter who read a prepared…
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