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Board delays enforcement at 169 Mercer Road after property owner shows progress
Summary
Code enforcement reported ongoing cleanup at 169 Mercer Road after a long‑running complaint; the board tabled formal enforcement for two weeks after staff said substantial progress had been made under a consent agreement.
Code enforcement staff presented the case of a long‑standing land‑use violation at 169 Mercer Road at the corner of the airport with Mercer Road, noting the first documentation in town records dated 04/05/2014. The staff report described a consent agreement requiring cleanup by June 30 and said the owner had since made substantial progress, with only limited vehicles and trailers remaining.
Several board members praised the effort and discussed the costs of legal action; a motion was made to table further enforcement for two weeks to allow the owner to finish compliance rather than immediately pursuing court action. "If we were to move on this... there's an expense for everybody involved," a member said, and the board voted to delay formal enforcement to assess additional progress.
