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Residents urge city action after drifting, racing tied to auto-hangar on Harris Street
Summary
Neighbors and church members told the Mableton City Council that a new auto-hangar event venue on Harris Street has generated loud, dangerous drifting and racing that they say threatens public safety and disrupts church services. Speakers asked the council to review licensing and zoning and said they had given the clerk evidence including videos.
Residents of a small Harris Street neighborhood told the Mableton City Council on Feb. 12 that a new auto-hangar event venue at the end of their street is generating repeated illegal speeding, drifting and loud exhaust noise late into the night — and they urged the city to act.
The public-comment speakers said the business, which lists its city business license type as “entertainment, meeting and special event organizer,” has hosted drifting and “doughnut” events that bring hundreds or thousands of cars and spectators into the area. Joanna Connor, who identified herself as “a resident of Mableton,” said she has documented the activity and provided video links, and told the council, “I'm just afraid that's gonna lead to someone getting killed in that building.”
Teacher Brielle Toomey described traffic and safety hazards…
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