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Villa Heights resident urges stricter enforcement of property maintenance; supervisors pledge follow-up
Summary
A Collinsville District resident told the Henry County Board of Supervisors that long-standing property neglect, untagged vehicles and repeated mowing complaints are harming neighborhood quality; board members pledged to pursue coordinated enforcement and a community meeting.
Melanie Hampton, a lifelong resident of the Villa Heights community (Collinsville District), told the Henry County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 23 that problems with vacant, unmaintained properties, untagged vehicles and repeated trash complaints have persisted for years and that county enforcement has been inconsistent.
"At some point, we should start enforcing some fines and the jail time that is in the county's bylaws," Hampton said, describing properties that she said have had no utility…
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