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Olive Branch aldermen order cleanup of two properties, table two others for one month
Summary
After resident complaints about overgrowth, drainage and rodents, the Olive Branch Board of Aldermen voted to have city staff or contractors immediately address two properties and to revisit two additional lots on Sept. 2.
The Olive Branch Board of Aldermen voted Aug. 5 to designate two privately owned parcels as nuisances and direct city staff or contract labor to address them immediately; aldermen also agreed to revisit two additional properties in one month.
Janice Phillips, president of the Oaks at Parkview homeowners association, told the board she had contacted the owner of a neighboring vacant lot several times in July after the grass and debris made it hard to see when pulling out of the street and brought rodents onto nearby properties. ‘‘We keep ourselves very groomed,’’ Phillips said, adding that neighbors had hired trappers because of increased animal activity and that drainage from the lot was causing localized flooding on her street.
City staff told the board several of the properties on the enforcement list had been partially or fully cleaned since the July 30 memo; staff recommended action only where work remained incomplete. Aldermen discussed the quality of private mowing versus contractor bush-hogging and asked staff to request additional edging or weed-eating by owners where needed.
Alderman Thomas Dickerson moved — and Alderman David Wallace seconded — a motion to turn the Somerset View lot and the Hamilton Circle South lot over to the city for immediate addressing by staff or contract labor and to place two Parkview Boulevard properties back on the agenda for review on Sept. 2. The board voted "Aye" and the motion carried.
Mayor Ken Adams and aldermen thanked Ms. Phillips and other neighborhood representatives for bringing concerns to the board. City staff said they would continue to document compliance, apply liens where appropriate and return unresolved cases to municipal court if needed.
The board’s action was procedural: it authorizes the city to mow or contract for cleanup and to record liens as allowed under existing city enforcement procedures. No specific dollar amounts for contracting were provided during the meeting.
