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Olive Branch directs cleanup, tables some nuisance-property actions after public hearing
Summary
The City of Olive Branch held a public hearing and approved declaring at least one property a menace to public health and safety, while tabling others for follow-up. Staff described six properties under review; the board approved cleanup action for a Lakeshore property and delayed action on several rural and adjoining lots.
Olive Branch Mayor Ademann and the City Board on Oct. 7 heard a public hearing on six properties the city says pose risks to public health and safety and voted to order cleanup for a Lakeshore property while tabling several others for more time.
The board’s planning staff presented photographs and descriptions of six parcels flagged in a nuisance inspection. Planning staff member Mister Song told the board that the site at 8515 West Sandidge Road — the lot associated with a QuickTrip — had been largely cleaned and that the owner, identified as Ms. Helen, asked for additional time. Song recommended tabling that parcel for one month. He said another parcel at the intersection of State Line Road and Davidson Road had already been cleaned and needed no action.
Song said a property along Lakeshore Drive in the Plantation neighborhood had extensive overgrowth and fallen trees that posed a hazard to neighboring lots; that parcel was identified in the discussion as the Dennis (Rainy/Rainey) property. He also described three adjoining parcels next to a Chevron station on Craft Frontage Road that had not responded to notices and recommended the board pursue cleanup there. The board was told a DePries family property would be cut within a week after reporting equipment trouble and should be continued for one month.
The board moved to proceed as Song recommended: continue multiple properties for one month where owners had committed to remediation and declare the Lakeshore (Dennis/Rainey) property a public nuisance to be cleaned forthwith. Mister Dickerson made the motion; Miss Aldridge seconded. The board voted "Aye" and the motion carried.
The action directs city staff or contract labor to carry out cleanup on properties for which the board found conditions constituting a menace to public health and safety. The motion left several parcels on a one-month timeline for owners to correct conditions before the city pursues further enforcement.
Board members did not state specific dollar estimates for abatement costs during the meeting. Notices, prior cleanup history, and owners’ commitments were discussed on the record; staff said some properties had been previously addressed and that at least one owner reported equipment problems that delayed mowing.
The board’s action does not itself identify contractors, dates for abatement work, or fines; those details will be set by city staff in follow-up.
