Board gives owner time to comply, continues Middletown code-enforcement hearing to July

May 19, 2026

After reviewing photos and testimony about long-running unpermitted auto-dismantling and occupied RVs on a property near Middletown, the board instructed staff to draft a legally enforceable compliance agreement, required a pre-application meeting within 15 days, and continued the hearing to July 14 to allow work on health-and-safety abatement and a compliance plan.

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The Board of Supervisors heard a code-enforcement appeal concerning 19355 South State Highway 29 in Middletown, where staff alleged unpermitted structures, occupied recreational vehicles, inoperable vehicles, and rubbish strewn across a property owned by Michael G. Burns. Community Development code enforcement staff presented photos and drone footage showing occupied RVs and debris and recommended upholding the notice of nuisance, directing voluntary abatement within 30 days and authorizing abatement and cost recovery if not complied with.

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