Council adopts ordinance setting short-term waste-storage standards

The Lakewood City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 2026-3, which adds Part 24 to Article 9 of the Lakewood Municipal Code establishing standards for short-term waste storage on private property.

Mayor Cassandra Chase introduced the item for second reading and adoption and asked the city attorney to summarize the procedural posture. The city attorney confirmed the ordinance had been introduced at a prior meeting and that adoption at second reading required a motion, second and roll-call vote. A motion to adopt was moved and seconded, and the council approved the ordinance on a unanimous roll-call vote.

The transcript frames this as a continuation of the prior introduction; no substantive amendments or public testimony were recorded during the adoption at tonight’s meeting. Specific regulatory text or operational details of Part 24 are not included in the meeting remarks recorded in the transcript.