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Rankin County reviews multiple nuisance-property cases; some owners ordered to face justice court
Summary
At the Jan. 6 meeting, Rankin County opened hearings on several nuisance-property complaints. The board declared at least two properties nuisances and sent them to justice court, closed others with no action, and scheduled a review hearing for a commercial property.
Rankin County supervisors on Jan. 6 reviewed a series of nuisance-property matters brought to the county by code enforcement and citizens.
Code enforcement presented photographs and complaint histories for several properties. The board declared the property associated with Marie Chrisman at 279 Garth Farm Road a nuisance and directed that the case be referred to justice court. The board took the same step for the Thomas Blair Newsons property at 264 Garth Farm Road; certified and regular mail notices had been sent and no meaningful contact with the owner had been recorded.
For the Dreitzel and Crystal Porter property at 307 Mill Creek Drive (district 2), staff recorded multiple inoperable vehicles and on-street parking that violated the Reservoir Community District (RCD) rules prohibiting on-street parking. The Porters and some neighbors appeared and discussed parking patterns; the hearing closed with no enforcement action taken at that time, though staff noted the property remained complaint-driven.
The board cleared a nuisance finding for Dustin Toygo at 783 Whippoorwill (district 5) after the owner told staff he was working out of town with UPS and requested more time; the board accepted the owner’s representation and passed a motion to record the nuisance and monitor compliance.
A commercial property operated by Property Group LLC at 1149 Old Fannon Road (district 2) was reviewed; code enforcement said prior commitments to repair the parking lot and clean debris had not been completed. No one from the property owner attended; the board set a public hearing on that property for Jan. 30 at 9 a.m.
In a lengthy review of a residential parcel at 1656 Highway 43 South (Susan Richardson), staff explained deputies had responded to a welfare/occupancy-related call and found the house in disrepair. The owner, Susan Richardson, said she no longer lived at the property, had arranged for cleanup and planned to sell the two-acre lot. Because the home was unoccupied, the board took no immediate emergency action and recorded that no enforcement action would be taken while the owner pursues clean-up and sale. Supervisors emphasized the county’s concern that the property not remain a hazard or occupied in unsafe conditions and said they would monitor the situation.
Across the nuisance items the board routinely noted certified-mail notice history, dates of initial complaints (many in October 2024), and that enforcement is typically complaint-driven. Several supervisors urged owners who receive notices to remedy violations promptly or face justice-court proceedings.
