The City of Jacksonville is taking legal action against the owner of Colonial Forest Apartments on the Westside for maintaining a public nuisance.
on Firestone Road with trash piling up, balconies and stairwells falling apart, and residents complaining about pests and squatters.The lawsuit filed by the city on Thursday alleges the conditions are a threat to “public health, safety and welfare of the community.” It also says residents first started complaining about trash at Colonial Forest Apartments nearly a year ago, in Nov. 2022.Waste Management picked up the dumpsters last week and said the complex was not paying for trash pickup.
One resident is still being billed for her October rent despite following the correct processes to withhold and sending these written notices to management.Residents in units not condemned by city at Westside complex may have the right to break their lease. Here’s how “I think they should do better on maintaining this place for people’s health and we all deserve a nice place to stay,” she said. “I can’t stay another minute.”
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