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Boats, Trailers, RVs & Campers Keep Litchfi eld Park Beautiful
by Stacey Frederico, Code Enforcement Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
In Litchfield Park, vehicles, buses, boats, trailers and non-motorized by Laila Amerman, Recycling Education & Communications Specialist
vehicles, including those that are hooked up to a truck, car or other
vehicle meant to haul, cannot be parked on any city street, sidewalk,
public right-of-way or alley. They also are not allowed on private
property, driveways, or carports where visible from the street.

City Code Section 12-4-9 does allow for boats or RVs to be parked at a
residence if the parking is intended to prepare for planned trips, vacations
or unloading equipment. Parking is not allowed to exceed 72 hours.
It is also a violation, City Code Section 12-5, to keep, park or store
any unlicensed or inoperable vehicles or parts thereof on private Earth Day is just around the corner on Monday, April 22, 2019.
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of Litchfield Park’s codes and ordinances. CE works hard to also can be a little more diligent to recycle more.
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related issues.
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Help keep Litchfield Park beautiful. A complete list of City codes you recycle you make a positive impact in Arizona.
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and ordinances is available online at: https://www.codepublishing.
com/AZ/LitchfieldPark/ If you see a violation, submit a report
by email at code.enforcement@litchfield-park.org, or fill out the Did You Know?
form online at www.litchfield-park.org/forms.aspx?fid=41.  Every ton of paper recycled saves more
than 7,000 gallons of water.
 Recycling a steel can saves 75% of the energy
used to produce it from raw materials.
by Jenny Cross, Program Manager
 Recycling ten plas c bo les is enough to
Liberty Utilities is proud to announce we now have Solar and
Battery Storage located at the Palm Valley Water Reclamation make a T-shirt.
Facility (PVWRF)! In an effort to increase efficiencies, solar
panels have been installed in a retention basin and on buildings. Recycling recovers materials so they can be reused, rather than using
In addition to the solar panels, Tesla batteries were installed to new raw materials to make products. For example, aluminum, steel
store energy produced by the solar panels to reduce emissions and and glass are endlessly recyclable. If you recycle an aluminum beverage
offset increases in electricity rates. Liberty Utilities is operating as can, it is typically back on the shelf as a new can within 60 days.
efficiently as possible for future generations. On average, Americans produce 4.4 pounds of trash per day. For
a two-person household that equates to over 1.5 tons of trash
Other sustainable efforts include teaching customers how to save
water. Did you know that an average household's leaks can account annually. That’s a lot of waste. It doesn’t all have to go to the
for almost 10,000 gallons of wasted water? You're invited to attend landfill. At least 30 percent of all the trash we produce is recyclable:
a free Fix a Leak Workshop at PVWRF, 14222 W McDowell Road, metal cans, plastic and glass bottles and jars, clean paper, and
Goodyear, on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, from 6-7pm. Learn how cardboard. We can make a big difference when we choose to use
to identify and fix household leaks! The workshop includes free our recycling bins.
tools and resources. For more info about recycling visit RecycleOftenRecycleRight.com.

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