Burton Village

P.O. Box 408
14588 W. Park Street
Burton, OH 44021
834-4474
FAX: 834-1446

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FALL
BRUSH PICK-UP

The Village of Burton will have a brush pick-up day on Monday, October 16, 2006. Village residents must have brush stacked at the curb, cut end towards the street, but not protruding into the street.

Brush must be no larger than 5 inches in diameter

No debris longer than 5 feet in length

Brush over these limits will not be picked up.

Brush should not be put out sooner than the morning of October 16, 2006

No garden or flower bed debris

Normal yard debris, branches, trimmings only

There will be a 15-minute maximum loading time per address

Political signs in the Village of Burton

Non-illuminated, temporary political or election issue
signs not exceeding nine square fee in area
are allowed to be displayed 30 days prior to the election
(8 Oct 2006 to 7 Nov 2006). Signs shall be 10 feet from the curb line or improved margin and 25 feet from any intersection. Signs must be removed within five days of the election.

Halloween

Trick or Treat will be celebrated 31 October 2006
from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Village.

Burton Village, in the 1990 Census, reported 519 households with a population of 1,349, earning a median income of $30,898. A complaint of many homeowners in the Village is that 42% of the households are rental properties. There are 24.4 square miles in the township and the village combined. Berkshire High School and Burton Elementary School are both located within the village limits.

The Village was incorporated in 1895, and George H. Ford elected mayor. The council members and the mayor laid down several rules, not unlike the present day ordinance prohibiting smoking in public by children under 18 years of age.

There were rules against intoxication, against minors playing pool, driving over eight miles per hour, pitching quoits on Main Street, and playing ball in the street.

In November of 1896, Earl Bliss secured a contract to build the first electric light plant. It was located in the building that later came to house Geauga Tractor. The building was vacated after the death of James Bahnick in the early 1900's.

In 1897, Geauga County Fairgrounds in Burton was the scene of a huge Republican convention with an attendance between 7,000 and 10,000 people. On September 15, the visitors arrived at Burton Station, and were taken to the fairgrounds by 75 hacks and wagons. Farmers brought in food to feed the multitudes. Two special trains from Warren and Youngstown, and four private Lake Erie coaches, as well as the C & E Electric brought people in from Cleveland.

James L. Warren
Deputy Administrative Assistant
Income Tax Administrator
Welton Cemetery Clerk
Planning & Zoning Clerk
Board of Zoning Appeals Clerk
Water & Sewer Clerk

VILLAGE OF BURTON

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