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Board gives Miss Jean King 30 days to clean 500 Clark; city authorized to abate if work not done
Summary
At a code-enforcement hearing the owner, identified in the record as Miss Jean King, said she is ill and disputed removing certain personal items. The board adjudicated the property as unkempt, gave the owner 30 days to clean, and authorized the city to perform cleanup and assess costs if the owner fails to comply.
At a public adjudication hearing, the board found that the property at 500 Clark is an unkempt nuisance and voted to give the owner 30 days to clean up the property, authorizing the city to perform the cleanup and assess costs if the owner does not comply.
Code enforcement officer Joe (speaker 11) presented photographs and said notices have been sent dating back to 2018 and the most recent notice was sent in May. The owner, identified in the record as Miss Jean King (speaker 5), told the board she is sick and said she had cleaned up what she had been asked to remove: "I cleaned up what y'all asked me to clean up," she said, adding that she still had health problems.
Board members and staff discussed options — continuing the hearing, setting a cleanup order with a 30-day compliance period, or initiating condemnation procedures for more severe conditions — and emphasized that the 30-day order can be extended if progress is demonstrated. After motion and second, the board adopted a 30-day cleanup order by voice vote.
The record notes the board may assess cleanup costs to the property tax bill if the city performs the work after the compliance period.
