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Falls Could Soon Have Guidelines For Meth Lab Property Cleanup

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Cuyahoga Falls News Press (OR)

The city is getting closer to governing the identification, cleanup and re-occupancy of buildings that housed clandestine drug laboratories, also known as meth labs.

The proposed ordinance has undergone some changes since it was introduced by the city administration in June and will be discussed again in committee on Dec. 1.

Hope Jones, the city's assistant law director, said she tightened up the language in the ordinance in addition to making some changes and additions as requested by Councilmembers.

In the revised law, homeowners will not have to pay back the city for public costs for services performed in the cleanup of a meth lab site or chemical dump site. Previous language required the owner to cover administrative costs.

Police Chief John Conley and Mayor Don L. Robart formed a team last year made up of representatives of the police, law department, narcotics unit and community development, dedicated to cleaning up former "meth houses" in the city.

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