Junk Cars and Dilapidated Mobile Homes on County Radar
Caswell County Planning Director came before the Board of Commissioners to ask that the Board consider adding some "some teeth" to code enforcement efforts related to junk vehicles and begin thinking about how to handle abandoned, dilapidated mobile homes.
As the Town of Yanceyville notifies residents of a recent change to Town Ordinances that will require them to keep their grass shorter and replace a misdemeanor code structure with civil penalties, the Caswell County Planning Department is wrestling with how to enforce civil penalties related to the County's Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) and Nuisance Code, and how to deal with "blighted neighborhoods"
Caswell County Planning Director Jason Watlington came before the Caswell County Board of Commissioners on Monday, July 20 to ask that the Board consider adding some "some teeth" to code enforcement efforts related to junk vehicles and begin thinking about how to handle abandoned, dilapidated mobile homes.
Watlington told the Board that community members were raising concerns about "blighted neighborhoods" during the comprehensive planning meetings, sharing that he had one property owner tell him that a potential buyer had been refused a First-Time Homeowners (FHA) loan because the condition of the surrounding property was determined to be "blighted." He explained that properties considered to be "blighted" often had visible junk cars, accumulated solid waste, and/or dilapidated mobile homes.
