County successful with nuisance plan

A complaint-driven program devised to mitigate nuisance properties is finding some success in Sweetwater County.

Speaking yesterday at the Sweetwater County Commissioners’ meeting, Jim Zimmerman, the county’s nuisance officer, said the program has been successful in clearing up nuisance properties. Nuisance properties typically have large accumulations of garbage and debris throughout the property. These properties become problematic in that they can attract animals and insects as well as become fire hazards. However, one of the most noticeable problems they bring is they the appearance...