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Illegal dumping a big problem in SouthwestElaine Baker said her neighborhood is becoming a dumping ground.Her 3-year-old home near Riley Street and Twain Avenue is surrounded by commercial and residential developments. Behind her backyard block wall is an empty lot that's full of mounds of dirt, metal stripping, gravel, roofing and landscaping material. She claims pool, landscaping and construction companies are using it as a garbage heap while they're building new homes and businesses around her. The lot is owned by the Ruth Stapleton Trust and is zoned for ranch estate homes, which is the underlying zoning of the entire county. No request to change the zoning for development has been filed at the Clark County Planning Department. FULL TEXT
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