Junked vehicles, cars parked on lawns, bulk garbage left near the street and at least one noisy rooster were among a host of nuisances identified during an enforcement sweep last week in Fort Worth’s historic Bomber Heights neighborhood, south of the Lockheed Martin plant between Camp Bowie Boulevard and Interstate 20.
The sweep was in response to ongoing resident complaints. Code Compliance coordinated the effort, at the urging of District 3 Council Member Michael Crain, with support from Environmental Services, Animal Care and Control and police.
Over five days, the enforcement team addressed:
- 74 property maintenance violations
- 26 bulk trash violations
- 19 parked vehicle violations, including vehicles on lawns
- 10 junked vehicles stored on private property
- 15 animal control concerns, including a rooster in a cage
Eleven of the vehicles identified were tagged with tow-away stickers. More than half of the bulk trash piles were scheduled for collection by a contractor, with fees charged to the property owners. The other piles were removed by the residents or otherwise remediated…