City to cut down on nuisances

Published 10:06 pm Tuesday, November 9, 2010

The Atmore council has deemed fourteen pieces of property within the city limits as nuisances.

The council approved a resolution declaring the grass and weed nuisances during Monday afternoon’s city council meeting.

“The resolution gives us permission to send a final 21-day notice to the property owners,” city code enforcement officer Chris Black said. “If they do not respond to that, we can go in and remove the nuisance ourselves.”

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Properties included in the resolution are, 203 McGlasker St., 91 Martin Luther King Ave., 0 Presley St., 0 E. School St., 305 E. School St., 215 11th Ave., 301 S. Presley St., 101 Greer Ave., 170 Crow St., 159 Triumph St., 54 Carver Ave., 406 Pensacola Ave., 128 Martin Luther King Ave and 178 Harris St.

The expense for removal of the nuisance by the city will fall on the owners.

In other business, the council:

• OK’d the Abba Shriners’ roadblock for Nov. 13;

• Authorized to make an application for state funding in the amount of $1,750 for an airport runway project. The city will have to match state funds and federal funds will total $66,500.