DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Trash is piling up in a DeKalb County condominium complex and those who live there say very little is being done about it.
Last week, NewsChopper 2 flew over the community for a shooting investigation and found the heaping piles of garbage.
“Ew! You can smell the trash. My grandson, he almost picked up a live needle out here,” said Erica Holloway, whose daughter lives at the Waldrop Park Condominiums where dumpsters are overflowing.
Another woman, Marquitta Floyd, told Channel 2′s Courtney Francisco that she and her mother have lived there for 20 years.
“How can it get like this? Why did it get like this? 20 years, it ain’t ever been like this,” Floyd said.
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She said the trash started piling up earlier this year when outsiders started coming there to dump tires and large trash loads.
They asked the homeowner’s association to use the fees collected from owners to install cameras.
“They never put the cameras out,” said Holloway.
Then, in April, the HOA cut trash pick-up days from three times a week to two times a week.
The county said garbage is piled up so high around the big, metal dumpsters, that sanitation workers cannot get trucks close enough to empty them. Plus, they don’t pick up loose bags on the ground.
“It just sits there. No one comes to pick it up,” said Wiley.
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In August, code enforcement inspected the complex and issued a warning to the HOA.
In October, code enforcement issued three HOA representatives citations for violating ordinances. The court hearing to determine if the HOA will have to pay a fine for that is in January.
Leadership declined to comment to Channel 2 Action News, and their attorney said they’re working toward a resolution.
County records show the HOA owes the sanitation department $2,580. Reducing pickup days from three to two does save the community $860 a month.
However, owners said they each pay $300 a month in fees.
Some say they’re moving. Others say they are not going to pay until the HOA has a solution.
“Yeah, I’m fed up with ted up, fed up with the whole situation,” said Holloway.
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