City of Decatur PIU

The New Decatur Dump Site. Bring your trash here.

Earlier this week, it seems that the Agnes Scott maintenance crew was using a blower (powered by what sounded like a jet engine) in the early morning hours--around 5:30a. Reporting this based on my understanding of Decatur's noise ordinance.

This house at Pate and,Hillyer Place continues to get more and more deteriorated. In the last 2-3 years I have watched it get more and more run down, and in the summer the lawn is often not cut. It is and eyesore and unsafe. Now that the bricks are missing under the front porch, it could be a haven for people and/or rodents too.

Yet another unregistered vehicle at the neighborhood used car dealer on the street. One of 4 unregistered cars on the street. Can we do something about this unregulated business?

This house has visibly deteriorated over the past 3 years. The grass and weeds in the yard are at least a foot high. This building should be condemned and demolished!

Muddy discharge and debris from storm water pipe messing up Ferndale Drive

As neighbors we sent a certified letter asking for the exterior light to be within code and the property owner placed blue painter's tape on it which does nothing. The bright light comes on at dusk and stays on through the night. It doesn't have a sensor, no timer.

Over Growth of trees as you approach Glenn Creek Nature Preserve. Roadway is diminished in height and by overgrowth coming over curbs.
Roadway at intersection of Ridgeland and Fairview Street is crumbling. Area around Triangle is in need pf street repair. Large hump in the roadway is making two way traffic impossible between Ridgeland and Sycamore.

Old car with 4 flat tires abandoned /parked in street for years! Literally years!

Around lunchtime, and other times of day, various people go and they steal electricity from the city by plugging in their cell phones. The available access needs to be removed. This should no longer available to those who know the outlet is there by the garage for the city maintenance. Typically the un-housed. They also leave behind their trash. (Not all do, but many do).

Most recently, someone defecated near the park bench by the tennis courts, for my dog to eat it. This has also happened at Sycamore Park. I am so tired of the flagrant human waste that we the residents have to tolerate due to increasing unhoused populations. The numbers are increasing as is the impact they are having on sanitation and safety.

Note: a resident of the Arlo apartment complex said an unhoused person slept in the garage on the 6th floor with a machete.

This is not good. We need more cameras. Less loitering. And facilities away from the businesses downtown to help these people. Tourism to Decatur is important and these impressions do not help the businesses nor the residents.

The residents of 120 Candler Dr are routinely burning trash next to their home instead of putting it out for collection. This is creating noxious smoke that is entering homes on the street and is also causing a fire hazard.