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Neighbors around the notorious Shingle Mountain site in southern Dallas complain code enforcement, which they sought for years to protect them, has turned on them instead.
The giant shingle pile at the Blue Star Recycling Company on South Central Expressway lasted for nearly 3 years until the city finally got rid of it.
Through a lawsuit against the company, the city of Dallas acquired most of the land in June and is considering a park for the site.
In April the city announced a new approach to code enforcement that would refocus manpower in southern Dallas areas where there are more problems.
A coalition of more than 10 community organizations met to discuss a proposed City of Dallas land-use policy change and how it will impact neighborhood-led plans like Floral Farms'.
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“Shingle Mountain” is seen from Marsha Jackson’s home, in Southeast Dallas, on Wednesday, August 5, 2020.
The Dallas City Council voted unanimously to acquire the site of what used to be Shingle Mountain, where 100,000 tons of toxic waste formerly stood.
The 4.3 acres of land sits near the intersection of South Central Expressway and Choate Road.
CCR Equity Holdingswas the owner of the site.Residents of Floral Farms say this may be the first step to creating their much desired park.
Among the items unanimously approved by the Dallas City Council so far today:
- Increase in the senior homestead exemption
It Only Took Three Months for Industry to Return to the Shingle Mountain Site
The shingles are gone, but the landowner wants to use the property for metal sorting. Marsha Jackson, who lives next door, says her home reeks of diesel fuel.
By Matt Goodman
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May 14, 2021
2:34 pm
Marsha Jackson has another fight on her hands. For three years, her neighbor was a six-story-tall dump of shingles, which came to be known as Shingle Mountain. It stood there for years as lawsuits wended their way through the courts. Last year, the city finally reached a settlement with one of the landowners to have the pile hauled to the nearby McCommas Bluff Landfill. It was fully removed by February, and the city vowed to begin an environmental assessment and consider acquiring the land, a right given to the city in the settlement.