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Resident urges county action on alleged long-running hoarding and camper occupancy; county staff, sheriff and state’s attorney outline next steps
Summary
A Rapid Valley resident described two neighboring properties he said have been a nuisance for years. County code enforcement, the sheriff's office and the state’s attorney described steps to investigate alleged camper occupancy and begin nuisance abatement procedures on visible property hazards.
John Barley Jr. asked the Board of Commissioners to address two neighboring properties in Rapid Valley he said have long-standing problems: one with items and storage piled in the front yard and one with a skirted camper he says has been occupied for about 18 months.
Duane Allen, the county’s ordinance/code-enforcement officer, said he has visited the properties repeatedly and left notices; he described limits to enforcement when occupants do not answer doors and when material is behind privacy fencing. “I do get a lot of the… people are living in a camper. I do get a lot of the — the slides are out — you can travel around the county and see a hundred of those,” Allen said, noting that his authority is constrained by budgets…
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