Responding to a recent petition from residents in a small housing subdivision east of Hutchinson about the blighted condition of an abandoned property, the Reno County Commission on Tuesday will open discussions about whether to develop nuisance codes for the county.
The overgrown property on Zolman Road, which is about 2/3 of a mile south of Fourth Avenue and just east of Kent Road, contains 1974 single-wide trailer that’s open to the elements, an old yellow school bus from Pretty Prairie on the back of the lot, and a trashed pickup-camper with shattered windows and stuffed full of junk in front.
Scattered around the nearly ¾-acre unfenced lot are deteriorating furniture and trash.
The owner of the property, who has a Haysville address, has been written several warning letters from the county, but has not responded, said County Commissioner Dan Deming, who is asking the commission to consider a code.
Perhaps, Deming said, the property owner recognizes that the county has no authority to force a clean-up, or they don’t care.
Neighbors have been complaining about the property for several years, Deming said, and recently filed a handwritten petition with 19 signatures asking the county to do something.
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