BAY CITY, MI – After issuing more citations for trash cart violations in one day last month than it had in the past three years combined, Bay City will amend its ordinance relating to residents who leave their sanitation carts at the road for too long.

Bay City Manager Dana Muscott said Monday, Sept. 8, that after a public outcry over $200 fines for residents who left sanitation carts at the road after 8 a.m. the day following refuse pickup, city officials waived the fines and plan to amend the ordinance moving forward.

“There is going to be some changes coming out regarding the sanitation carts,” she said. “So, more to come on that we are going to see (such as) some ordinance changes and some fee schedule changes.”

Muscott said the Bay City Commission would likely be presented with u

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