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Resident complains of diesel-mechanic operation on Locust Street; city says code enforcement involved
Summary
A longtime resident told the board that a property on Locust Street operating as a diesel mechanic yard is generating noise and parking many trucks in a residential zone. City staff said code enforcement and police have engaged the property, that business-license applications were delivered and violations are being addressed.
Michelle McCoy told the board Oct. 7 that a property on Locust Street formerly a transmission shop now operates as a diesel mechanic yard, with about 17 trucks on site and frequent noise.
"They are noisy. They are loud. That property is still, to my knowledge, registered as residential property," McCoy said, and asked the board to take action.
City staff responded that the matter had been turned over to the police department and code enforcement because the business did not have a license and the property is zoned residential. Staff said code officers had recently picked up license applications from the site but had not yet received completed paperwork.
McCoy said an officer informed her earlier that the property owner had trespassed her after she photographed trucks on the site; she told the board she had lived at her address for 25 years and wanted the issue addressed. Staff reiterated that enforcement action — including citations — was underway and that an abatement or other administrative action would follow the code-enforcement process if violations were confirmed.
