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Old 06-08-2016, 08:57 AM
 
Location: Avery Ranch, Austin, TX
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The health risks of just standing water are great enough this year to warrant some attention from the city(provided the home is actually IN the city limits). If not the city, the county health dept. folks should get involved.
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Old 06-08-2016, 09:15 AM
 
Location: Round Rock, Texas
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Seems like every neighborhood has a family of Clampetts.

I see nothing wrong if someone wants to collect junk & all sorts of crap around their yard while living in a pig sty of a house. Only - do it out in the sticks where nobody will notice, and NOT in town where it defiles a neighborhood & lowers property values.

Anyone remember that nutcase who lived in northeast Austin decades ago who was such a neighborhood nuisance? IIRC, he was retired military who hoarded all kinds of crap in his yard. After years of complaints, citations from the city & at least one mandatory cleanup, he was finally forced out and the house razed (it was condemned as a health hazard).
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Old 06-08-2016, 09:32 AM
 
Location: central Austin
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Seems like every neighborhood has a family of Clampetts.

I see nothing wrong if someone wants to collect junk & all sorts of crap around their yard while living in a pig sty of a house. Only - do it out in the sticks where nobody will notice, and NOT in town where it defiles a neighborhood & lowers property values.

Anyone remember that nutcase who lived in northeast Austin decades ago who was such a neighborhood nuisance? IIRC, he was retired military who hoarded all kinds of crap in his yard. After years of complaints, citations from the city & at least one mandatory cleanup, he was finally forced out and the house razed (it was condemned as a health hazard).
Yes, I remember that!
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Old 06-08-2016, 01:09 PM
 
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thanks so much for your help everyone!
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Old 06-15-2016, 11:46 AM
 
Location: Dallas
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I live in a neighborhood with an HOA. There are several properties on my street that have been complete eyesores for years. I haven't had the time or energy to attend HOA meetings to find out what prevents them from being able to get the residents in question to comply, so I need to get more involved. My point is that simply living in an HOA controlled community doesn't solve the problems.
This is true. You have to get involved, but at least you have the leverage of a HOA.
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Old 06-15-2016, 11:50 AM
 
Location: Dallas
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Hello,
Recently visited my sister, who lives in Austin with her young family. Their neighbor's yard is a legitimate junk yard. Rats, standing water, junk and trash covering every last inch. I learned she has called the city close to 50 times over the past year or so, and there has been NO action. The yard has been this way for years now. I am very confused as to how this is legal? I believe the house is rented. Does anyone have any advice as to how we can rectify this situation? She has two very young toddlers who cannot even use their backyard due to the smell and health hazards. (side note, I am not from Austin, so have no idea about the codes/laws that would pertain to this issue).
Thanks in advance for any help you may have.
Is your sister (and her neighbors) a member of nextdoor.com? Many neighborhoods are and this would be a good site to post the pics and get help from the neighbors.
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Old 06-15-2016, 11:51 AM
 
Location: Huntsville, AL
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Is your sister (and her neighbors) a member of nextdoor.com? Many neighborhoods are and this would be a good site to post the pics and get help from the neighbors.
Took the words right out of my mouth aka keyboard.
Nextdoor.com is a great site... Hope it helps.
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Old 06-15-2016, 03:17 PM
 
Location: my Mind Palace
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My HOA management company drives the neighbor (and all their neighborhoods) once a week and they love mailing out letters to homeowners not in compliance. If your weeds are a millimeter too long, you get a notice. If your landscaping is hideous, you get a notice. If your trash cans can be seen from the street, you get a notice...

It's not necessarily the HOA doing this, but it's the management company that the HOA pays to manage the issues.
Sounds like that episode of the X Files called "Arcadia."
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Old 06-15-2016, 09:43 PM
 
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Seems like every neighborhood has a family of Clampetts.

I see nothing wrong if someone wants to collect junk & all sorts of crap around their yard while living in a pig sty of a house. Only - do it out in the sticks where nobody will notice, and NOT in town where it defiles a neighborhood & lowers property values.

Anyone remember that nutcase who lived in northeast Austin decades ago who was such a neighborhood nuisance? IIRC, he was retired military who hoarded all kinds of crap in his yard. After years of complaints, citations from the city & at least one mandatory cleanup, he was finally forced out and the house razed (it was condemned as a health hazard).
I remember this. There was also a prominent case with some guy in the Balcones Woods area about 10 years ago. I think it was finally resolved.

I would recommend getting the local TV news involved. KVUE loves stories like this, and I've seen them force the issue with the City of Austin, which has become notorious for inaction on such matters. The other TV stations probably love this kind of thing as well.

Even in Allandale, where I live, we have pigs living next to beautiful homes appraised at a half million dollars even with it next door. And our neighborhood association has no power to do anything.
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Old 06-15-2016, 10:05 PM
 
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Rats? Call the health department.
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