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Guymon staff refer long-running property cleanup to city council for July 8
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City staff said accumulated debris and several gas bottles at a Guymon property are a public nuisance and will be placed on the Guymon City Council agenda for July 8 after multiple failed notices over three years.
A staff member said the city will place a long-running property-cleanup issue in front of the Guymon City Council on July 8 after repeated notices failed to remove debris, lawnmowers and gas bottles from the property and adjacent alley.
The issue matters because the items are in public view and could pose safety risks, staff told meeting participants. The staff member said sanitation crews generally will not collect debris left in an alley unless someone calls for pickup or a major storm produces widespread debris, and that the property has been the subject of repeated notices for more than three years.
At the meeting a staff member described the accumulations as “everything outside of the fence” and said there was “a lot of stuff that is accumulating in the alley.” The staff member named specific items observed at the site — lawnmowers and gas bottles described in the meeting as acetylene and an argon bottle — and said anything in public view should be kept behind the fence. The staff member said the city could abate the property and send an invoice or come to an agreement allowing the owner to keep items behind the property line.
A person identified in the transcript as Resident said they had been advised by a lawyer that “we can't really other than take it to a, like, a license center,” a comment the staff member followed by mentioning Westair on Fourth Street as a local business that handles gas bottles. Staff also said they did not want to issue daily citations and preferred to resolve the problem without creating a financial burden, but that the repeated failures to comply prompted the referral to council.
No formal council action has occurred yet; staff set the matter for the July 8 council agenda for the council to decide whether to authorize abatement, require property cleanup behind the fence, or pursue other remedies. Until the council acts, staff said they will continue to request owner cooperation and will consider abatement with invoicing if the items remain in public view.
The transcript indicates the property has been the subject of repeated complaints and notices for more than three years. The city did not provide a specific address, dollar estimate for abatement, or a citation tally in the discussion.
