Council reviews nuisance-abatement objections and grants 15-day extensions for some properties

The Anniston City Council held a public hearing on objections to abatement notices for multiple properties and, after listing many addresses aloud for the record, staff granted 15-day extensions for several properties and asked residents to confer with staff for additional follow-up.

The hearing began with the clerk reading a list of addresses subject to abatement proceedings, including 918 Kirkwood Avenue; 1604 Cobb Avenue; 315 West 21st Street; 3010 McElroy Avenue; 1013 West 13th Street; 2202 Hop Avenue; 6215 McClellan Boulevard; 2725 McClellan Boulevard; 310 West Oak Street; 314 West Oak Street; 400 West Oak Street; 911 West 22nd Street; 814 Montrose Avenue; 29 West 28th Street; 0 Alabama Highway 21; 4016 Coverdale Road; 1204 Farren Avenue; and others read into the record. The clerk emphasized that those addresses were being placed on the record for the abatement hearing.

A staff member told the council and attendees that 15-day extensions had been granted in specific instances. The transcript records staff noting 15-day extensions were granted for 903 East 20 Second Street and 0 West Sixteenth Street, and staff indicated that 29 West 20 Eighth Street should be completed by a specified weekend (staff said the seventh would be the completion date). Staff also advised that some properties are connected under the Sunny Living Trust and recommended follow-up with a staff member identified in the meeting as Miss Bryant for additional details.

The council closed the public hearing after allowing attendees to address the panel and after staff recorded the extensions and follow-up instructions. Where addresses were not currently on the published list, staff said they would discuss them with Miss Bryant before the next steps.

The transcript does not include formal votes on abatements during the excerpt; it records procedural extensions and staff follow-up instructions.