Champaign council defeats proposal on screens for trash bins
By Mike Monson
Wednesday November 26, 2008
CHAMPAIGN – A desire to avoid placing a financial burden on property owners during a difficult economy led the city council on Tuesday to reject a proposal to require the screening off of trash containers.
Council members voted 5-4 to reject mandatory screening of trash containers for apartments, commercial and industrial buildings built before 1997. The proposal would have required a 6-foot-high wooden or opaque masonry fence to shield trash containers. City staff estimated that adding such screening would cost building owners an estimated $2,000 to $4,000.
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