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HUGO'S BUILDING HUGO PLANNING COMMISSION TO DEPARTMENT RECEIVES HIGH HOLD PUBLIC HEARING DUNE 27 RATING Update of Zoning Ordinance to be Discussed A public hearing will be held by the the available land within in the 2020 The Building Department of the City of Hugo has received a favorable rat- Hugo Planning Commission on Metropolitan Urban Service Area.„ Wednesday, June 27 at 7:00 p.m. at Rask also notes that while there are ing from Insurance Services Office, City Hall to consider an update to some other minor amendments to the Inc. (ISO), a company who every Hugo's current zoning ordinance. All current ordinance, no significant revi- three to five years grades the building landowners and residents are encour- sions are proposed for the commercial departments of all municipalities that aged to attend. or industrial zoning district. have adopted a recognized building code. Insurance companies use these Community Development Director ratings to set homeowner's insurance John Rask states that the meeting will rates for City residents — higher rat- begin with an overview of the updat- ings mean lower insurance rates. ISO ed draft ordinance (the text portion of bases their ratings on plan reviews, the the zoning ordinance); an updated administration of city and building zoning map will also be presented. codes, and field inspections. The purpose of the meeting is to REMEMBER TO g The numerical ratings are on a scale of solicit public comment. RECYCLE! `one” (best) to "ten" (worst). This Rask points out that the update year Hugo received a rating of"four", Each year, Washington County includes the addition of some new up from its "five" rating in 1997. residents recycle over one million residential zoning districts. These "This is an especially good rating for pounds of aluminum cans and are needed to maintain the integrity Hugo," notes Hugo Building Official over 13,000 tons of paper, saving of existing single family neighbor= John Benson, "considering all of the over 200,000 trees from beingu hoods, to better regulate future devel- cut. In Ho, items for recycling new building construction going on." g Y g opment, and to make efficient use of are collected curbside as part of Benson also acknowledged the help of all City departments and their staffs to your weekly trash collection. A achieve this improved rating. recycling container is available A from your garbage hauler or by calling City Hall at (651) 429- HAZARDOUS 6676. MATERIAL HAZARDOUS WASTE PICK-UP DAY Items which can be recycled include newspapers, aluminum CLEAN-UP DAY IS AUGUST 18 beverage cans, tin cans, glass jars Hugo's annual Household Hazardous Waste Clean-up Day will be held on and bottles, corrugated card- Saturday, August 18 from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the Hugo City Hall, board, glossy magazines, dunk 5524 Upper 146th Street North. Examples of items that will be accepted mail, boxboard (such as cereal include latex paint, lighter fluid, used motor oil and oil filters, paint thinner, boxes), #1 and#2 plastic bottles, and pool chemicals. Watch for more complete information in a mailing from and car and tractor batteries. the Washington County Department of Public Health and Environment.