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Neighbor hoards 6 non-working vehicles (3 in front of home, 3 in driveway) and another in front of next door neighbor's home. All vehicles are stuffed to the ceiling with junk. In addition to a junkyard's worth of goods (upholstered furniture, bikes, tools, coolers, car parts and anything else you can think of) that they hawk to salvage buyers on a daily basis. There is a daily flow of pickup trucks dropping off items in front of this house, which sometimes impedes the flow of traffic. From the street, as well as from Google satellite imaging, one can see that the entire backyard is filled with similar junk. The attached images from Google maps are several years old and do not reflect the current amount of trash and debris in the yard, which currently covers 100% of the backyard and 50% of the front yard. Sadly, the neighboring home was renovated and wasted away on the market for 9 months and had to reduce the price nearly $100,000 before it sold. This is not only a health hazard on multiple levels (fire, vermin, etc), but is clearly negatively impacting the value of any neighboring homes (side and back), as well as those across the street whose front windows look onto the home. Besides the fact that he is clearly trying to run a business out of a residential neighborhood.
I have been a resident on this street for 2 years and have only seen the problem grow significantly worse and more dangerous over time. Your support of neighborhood health, safety and home values is appreciated.
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2017 !?
Hey mayor bottoms ! hey Natalye-
GET IT GONE ! Tired of door tags and notes and NOTHING changing . It’s sickening to look at . It isn’t safe for the occupant and the neighborhood . It’s attracting crime , bugs , rats , driving down property value .
People are saying it’s been like this for a decade . TIME FOR ACTION . Clean it up atlanta !
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Update: There will be a hearing on this matter at the City of Atlanta Municipal Court on February 28, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. in courtroom 5A.
Please comment if you plan to attend so that we can coordinate our efforts. I will be reaching out to the neighbors on Van Epps to see if any others are available to testify.
Please see message below from the Assistant Solicitor to one of the other concerned citizens in the area for more detail on the case:
"As you are aware, we have been working with APD Zone 6, APD Code Enforcement, and the Municipal Court for over a year regarding the obvious violations at 1533 Van Epps. Mr. Harris has been cited several times. His cases were reset several times and eventually he was convicted in Municipal Court. However, he appealed that conviction to the Fulton County Superior Court which has taken several months to get a ruling. In the meantime, I contacted the Solicitor of the Municipal Court, Raines Carter, in an effort to get a resolution. As a result, there will be a Nuisance Abatement Hearing in regards to the property located at the City of Atlanta Municipal Court on February 28, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. in courtroom 5A.
The Solicitor is requesting neighbors attend and testify. If anyone would like to contact him directly regarding this property, this is his contact information:
Andrew Hughes
Assistant Solicitor
AHughes@AtlantaGa.Gov
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I attended the civil hearing for the nuisance citation on this property today. I am proud to say that there were 10 neighbors in total that were attendance. The judge found that there was sufficient evidence to prove that this property is indeed a nuisance, based on testimony of code enforcement and law enforcement officers. The property owner now has 30 days to clean up the property. Due to the nature of the violation, the attorney representing the City of Atlanta stated that it would be unlikely that the defendant will be able to appeal (as he has done so in the past) to delay proceedings. The judge was also quite familiar with the case as it has been brought before him previously and while he had been lenient in previous instances, he seemed unlikely to be as understanding of the situation going forward. From my understanding, the city will be sent to the property at some point to assist with the cleanup if it does not happen at the owner's direction.
Thank you to everyone who helped to keep this issue moving forward. I will continue to update as new information comes to light.
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