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Neighbors press Corrales council to enforce clean-and-lean order at 744 Old Church Road
Summary
Several residents told the council the cleanup ordered for 744 Old Church Road was incomplete and that trucks, an unpermitted carport, a generator and other potentially hazardous materials remain; neighbors requested video documentation and stronger enforcement.
During the public forum on May 12, multiple residents urged the Village of Corrales to step up enforcement at 744 Old Church Road after the site failed to meet a March 31 cleanup deadline.
A complainant described seeing dump trucks arrive late at night and unload metal and structural steel and said the property appears to be operating as a scrapyard in a residential zone. "We saw a dump truck that arrived... they were done unloading at 10:30 at night," one resident said, adding that trucks have continued to come and go.
Amy Clement, who lives next to the property, said she feared the continued piles of tires and wood posed a fire hazard for her family and neighbors and asked the village to withhold removal until a complete 360-degree video documented the site's condition. "Please don't move the lean and clean until we get an actual video of 350 degrees of everything to see if it's still a fire hazard," she said.
Other neighbors said staff reports and photographs presented to the council did not reflect current conditions, noting unpermitted structures (a carport roughly 36-by-12-by-8 feet), an illegal RV and what residents described as transient occupants without proper sanitation. One resident asked the council to clarify what "substantial compliance" means after a staff report asserted the property had reached that benchmark.
Administrator Melanie said zoning staff (Laurie and Dennis) were attending training and that staff planned to return to the site and take additional video/documentation once available.
Why it matters: Neighbors say the property constitutes a public-safety and zoning concern in a residential area; the council must weigh enforcement resources, legal standards for compliance and timeliness of remedial action.
Next steps: Residents asked the council for video evidence and stronger enforcement. Staff said personnel would revisit the site and that Laurie would take video when available; no formal enforcement action or vote was recorded in the transcript.
