JASPER, Tenn. – City leaders have decided that no further action is required after hearing both sides of a neighborhood dispute.
Cheryl Schwarz attended board meetings in October and March to complain that her neighbor, Mike Napier, was operating a boat repair business out of his house.
“I was told at the meeting that I attended last year that he’d be sent a letter because it’s a residential area, and he shouldn’t be repairing [boats] at his house,” she said then. “I get the fumes in my yard and in my house because I’m cheap. I don’t use air conditioning. When I spoke to [Mr. Napier], he said he never received a letter.”
Mayor Billy Simpson said he instructed Jasper Police Chief Tim Graham to investigate the complaint.
“The reason I had Chief Graham contact [Mr. Napier] was we’ve had numerous, numerous complaints,” he said. “Our ordinance states that you cannot run a retail business out of a residential home. That’s it. You just can’t do it.”