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The Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with Tillamook County Solid Waste, served documents this week outlining numerous county ordinance violations at two residential properties within the county.
Through collaboration with the Solid Waste Department, the Sheriff’s Office is able to address these situations in a more comprehensive manner, significantly increasing the likelihood of long-term compliance. In many cases, there is no criminal-level activity associated with these properties, or any criminal activity present is minimal. Achieving compliance can be challenging when only minor violations are addressed in isolation.
The identified properties have accumulated large amounts of garbage and debris, stored numerous vehicles—many of which are non-operational—contributed to neighborhood vermin issues, and violated environmental regulations, particularly those related to waterways. The Sheriff’s Office and Solid Waste Department are committed to respecting private property rights while also ensuring livability standards are maintained for both the affected properties and surrounding neighborhoods.
While conducting these operations, deputies also observed what appeared to be an abandoned recreational vehicle (RV) unrelated to the original properties. The RV was subsequently tagged for removal in accordance with county ordinance. Although this process has been lengthy and understandably frustrating for those involved, this is the appropriate and most effective approach.
“Rather than implementing a temporary fix on a single property that does not address the overall problem, this approach allows us to address all compliance issues we are seeing across the county,” said Sheriff Brown.
The Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office and Tillamook County Solid Waste have identified additional problem areas and are actively working together to address similar violations throughout the county.