SPANISH FORT, Ala.—After giving residents at two different addresses additional time to come into compliance with the city’s nuisance ordinance, steps were taken Monday to re-initiate action against the offenders.

In early January, the council determined enough evidence existed at each site to warrant violations of the city’s ordinance but then decided Jan. 24 to give the violators the benefit of the doubt and a little longer to address problems cited by neighbors.

“Nothing’s changed at either location,” Building Official Bruce Renkert told members of the City Council during Monday’s informal work session.

Renkert said certified letters were mailed out earlier that day to the property owners of both a Huckleberry Lane duplex and a Wayside Drive residence. A copy of the certified letter was also made for hand-delivery to the Wayside Drive property owner who has, in the past, declined to pick up certified letters addressed to him.

The Huckleberry Lane residence is being rented by a contractor from a Daphne property owner, and the primary concern is presence of  and multiple commercial trailers parked on the gronds.

The Wayside Drive violation involves a former auto mechanic who objects to being asked to remove his “treasures.”

It will be the council’s March 21 meeting before the item appears on the agenda for action, however, because of the time required by law to give the violators time to respond to Monday’s letters.