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Bossier City council orders junk removal, sets short compliance windows in multiple blight hearings
Summary
At its Nov. 4 administrative meeting, the Bossier City Administrative Council declared multiple properties blighted or condemned structures, ordered removals or set short compliance deadlines (two to three weeks) and continued several structurally damaged houses to Dec. 2 for title or permit actions.
Bossier City’s Administrative Council on Nov. 4 ordered the removal of accumulated junk from several properties across the city and set short deadlines for owners to clean up or face city removal and liens.
Property standards inspectors described hazardous conditions at multiple addresses, citing inoperable recreational vehicles, broken glass, dismantled equipment and piles of debris that neighbors said lowered nearby property values and posed safety risks. Craig Chapman, property standards, told the council that the inspection at 3001 Shiloh Lane showed “an excessive accumulation of junk and debris that constitutes a public nuisance.” The council voted to declare the items junk and suspended removal for two weeks so the owner could attempt cleanup; the city will remove the items and bill the property…
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