Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Nuisance Enforcement topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Decatur Board of Works directs code enforcement to pursue nuisance letter for 1011 24 after partial cleanup
Summary
The Board of Works voted to issue a formal 10-day compliance letter and move toward daily fines for property at 1011 24 after code enforcement reported repeated re-accumulation of vehicle parts and debris.
The Decatur City Board of Works voted to authorize staff to issue a 10-day compliance letter and begin standard daily fines for the property identified as 1011 24 after code enforcement reported recurring accumulation of vehicle parts and debris.
Code enforcement staff described a months-long pattern of cleanup followed by renewed accumulation at the property owned by Mr. Hagerman. Staff said the owner called the works before a prior deadline and completed most of the initial cleanup but left “a handful of items,” including a pickup truck bench seat, cardboard and an engine stand that remained visible in site photos from December and January. Brad (staff member) told the board the vehicle parts and other material had been present intermittently since June and that an official notice of hearing was issued on Jan. 15.
Board members discussed prior attempts to reach the owner and the sequence of inspections. Brad said staff had tried multiple phone calls since October and that, while some larger items had been removed around Christmas, smaller items and cardboard remained. “He got it out of there pretty soon,” Brad said of the pickup truck removal, but staff said the property repeatedly returned to noncompliance. Jeremy (board member) moved to accept Brad’s request to issue the formal letter; the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote.
Under the action the board approved, staff will send a 10‑day compliance letter, schedule an inspection after that period, and, if the property remains noncompliant, begin assessing the standard daily fine. Board members clarified that the established fine rate is $100 per day; code enforcement confirmed that is the dollar amount they intended to use as the standard fine.
The board’s action was procedural: it directs staff to follow the city’s nuisance enforcement steps — notice, inspection after the notice period, and assessment of fines if noncompliance continues. No additional abatement or city cleanup was ordered at the meeting, and no appeal or follow-up hearing date was specified on the record.
The Board of Works moved on after the vote to other agenda items.
