A Metro East woman who’s nearly nine months pregnant and whose husband is serving in Iraq says she’s at a loss to explain why she was ordered to take down her house’s Christmas lights or be fined 75 dollars.
Melissa Neitzel was among 32 Bethalto residents who received citations last week as part of the ten-thousand-resident village’s crackdown on so-called “junked-up yards” that violate zoning ordinances.
If residents don’t heed the warnings, the village would clean out the yards and charge the resident.
Bethalto’s mayor says there are local service groups to help people such as Neitzel, who also has a nine-month-old daughter.
The police chief says he doesn’t anticipate fining anyone for Christmas light violations, and that he’s giving residents another month to take down the lights.
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