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Residents press council for action on abandoned homes, illegal auto repair in Northwoods Estates
Summary
Two residents described long-running code-enforcement problems in Northwoods Estates: abandoned and fire-damaged houses, a sewer leak that spilled raw sewage, and recurring illegal auto-repair businesses; council members offered to take documentation and follow up.
Two Northwoods Estates residents used the public-comment period to press the council for action on long-standing code and public-safety problems.
Monica Mummy told the council that her neighborhood has "3 abandoned homes that put our community at risk of squatters and drug dealers and 2 properties that are running auto repair shops out of their homes that are R1 properties." She described raw sewage overflowing into a neighbor's yard at 8475 Deerwood and said repeated code complaints over multiple years had produced limited results.
Sonia Bryce recounted an earlier enforcement case in which she said she went to court to stop a neighbor's around-the-clock auto-repair business and "won a judgment of $1,800" against the operator. She said similar activity resumed after a different investor bought a nearby house and that she has had difficulty getting timely responses from department directors. "She has refused to meet with me or to acknowledge the problems that we're all complaining about," Bryce said of a director she had contacted.
Council members asked for copies of the residents's photos and videos and several pledged to follow up. One council member told Monica Mummy, "I'll take it," and the mayor asked staff to make copies for appropriate departments. No immediate enforcement outcome was recorded in the meeting; residents requested a meeting with department directors to clarify responsibilities and timetables for action.
