The Enterprise City Council voted Dec. 16 to revoke the business license of Enterprise Metals & Recycling at 930 Bellwood Road following a public hearing in which city staff presented photographic and historical evidence alleging repeated noncompliance with conditions that allowed the salvage yard to operate.

City Engineer and Public Works Director Barry Mott summarized the 2019 approvals that permitted the salvage yard as a conditional use in B‑1 zoning, saying the board of adjustments required a 12‑foot privacy fence with security lighting and cameras, that all business activity occur inside the fenced perimeter, and that the planning commission approve the rezoning. Mott told the council that aerial photos and street‑view images from 2019 through 2025 showed the operation expanding onto adjacent parcels and that materials and large vehicles were visible outside the privacy fence. "In my opinion, these findings still exist today," Mott said, and recommended the council consider revocation.

Owner Edwin Roberts disputed key elements of staff’s presentation and said the business corrected many items after city contacts, including installing gates, cameras and lighting. Roberts told the council that some material visible outside the fence resulted from illegal dumping by third parties and that several trucks shown in staff photos had been moved after city requests. "Anything that the city told us to do, we have," Roberts said, and asked the council to allow 30–60 days to bring any remaining items into compliance.

Corporal Sweeney of the Enterprise Police Department testified that he took photographs the day of the hearing that showed some fence sections recently added but also areas without a full privacy barrier and material visible from the roadway. He affirmed the photos were taken on the date of the hearing.

Several community members offered mixed comments: resident John Miller said he uses the yard’s services and that closing it would force residents to travel to Dothan for recycling; neighbor Monica Cole said gates had only been put up that day and opposed the business remaining at that site. City counsel and staff noted prior complaints documented in the evidentiary packet and argued the city had repeatedly requested corrections since 2019.

Council members debated remedies — whether to revoke immediately or decline to renew at year’s end — and whether reinspection or reapplication could restore a license if the owner cured deficiencies. The council moved and approved Resolution 12‑16‑25, revoking the business license. The chair announced the motion carried.

The council’s action allows the owner to reapply for a business license in the future, at which time staff said an inspection and review of zoning and any required board approvals would determine whether a license could be reissued.