City calls on homeowners to care for common areas

A one-acre common area lot located in the center of the Mountain Ridge subdivision was identified by city officials as a fire hazard. A few residents got together recently and hired a company to cut the down the grass and remove the weeds with their own money. Normally homeowners association fees would take care of these types of maintenance issues, according Guy Mangus, who owns a home in the subdivision.

by Tim Bondy

Mountain Home News

The city invited more than 100 homeowners of the Mountain Ridge subdivision to a special workgroup meeting to encourage the residents to start maintaining five small parcels of land within their community.

City officials said the five lots of land have become a public nuisance, safety hazard and, in the case of the biggest parcel, a fire hazard.

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