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Resident urges city to address abandoned alleys behind homes
Summary
A Weatherford resident told council that an alley behind her home at 1107 Franklin Street is impassable, overgrown and fenced into by a neighbor; she urged the city to address abandoned alleys that may be being appropriated by adjoining property owners.
During the public-comment period, Audrey Watt of 1107 Franklin Street told council an alley behind her property has become overgrown and impassable after one neighbor built a fence into the alley and appeared to treat it as private property. "I've had help from Scott McDonald in the development services department... But there are 5 or 6 other property owners. The alley is no longer passable," Watt said, describing outreach by development services staff and urging additional city action.
Watt said the city may be losing revenue because adjoining owners who take over city alleys do not pay taxes or maintain the property. She asked the council to consider how to address abandoned alleys across the city to recover property and tax revenue and to eliminate potential health or fire hazards. No formal staff response or action was recorded in the transcript for this meeting; the comment was part of the non-agenda public-comment period.
