A recent report discusses "Operation Neat Neighbor" undertaken by the the City of Mountain Home AR (72653-54). This initiative emphasizes a new focus to enforce three existing blight ordinances.
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'Operation Neat Neighbor' slated May 1-7

The Mountain Home Police Department is launching Operation Neat Neighbor May 1-7.

"It is a stepped-up enforcement of three already existing city ordinances," Sgt. Sam Seamans said.

The three ordinances require residents to clean up their properties, including removing motor vehicles that don't run, maintaining land and cleaning up abandoned containers.

"These three ordinances enforced together basically amount to a common-sense approach to people being nice, neat neighbors," Seamans said. "Not having weeds over 12 inches tall, not having old refrigerators or freezers with lockable doors that have not been taken care of in the front yard or in public view, not having junky or abandoned or nonoperating vehicles in front yards either on blocks or that are missing tires."

It also deals with eyesore property issues that exist sometimes in the city, he said. The department occasionally gets complaints about unsightly properties.

After May 7, people will receive a warning and have several days to correct the situation, Seamans said. After that, they will be issued misdemeanor citations carrying penalties of up to $50, and each day the violation remains could be a separate offense.

"Before we start active enforcement, (we'll) give people more than 10 days — if they have this issue — to rectify it," Seamans said. "We will be going neighborhood by neighborhood, street by street, when the officers have uncommitted time and are not taking emergency calls, to enforce these ordinances. And, hopefully, we will be able to beautify the community and get people to come in compliance with the law.To view the online article please click on the following link.

Mountain Home AR "Operation Neat Neighbor "