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Doug Evans found in contempt of court, fined $1,000 per day
CINCINNATI — A Clermont County choose observed Evans Landscaping owner Doug Evans in contempt of court, and requested him to pay back $1,000 for every working day until eventually he shuts down illegal enterprises that are working on Mt. Carmel Street land that is zoned for open up place and agriculture. The contempt get, signed by Common Pleas Judge Kevin Miles on Feb. 14, chastised Evans for disobeying his before preliminary injunction to shut unlawful tenant corporations these kinds of as landscaping organizations, that have been working inside structures constructed to glimpse like purple barns. Since common civil penalties would not be sufficient to “coerce” Evans to comply, Miles wrote…
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Judge issues injunction against Doug Evans for zoning violations
UNION TOWNSHIP, Ohio — A Clermont County judge and Union Township zoning officials are accusing Evans Landscaping operator Doug Evans of illegally running organizations on Mt. Carmel Road land that is zoned for open area and agriculture. The order, signed by Popular Pleas Judge Kevin Miles on Oct. 4, gave Evans 30 days to shut unlawful tenant organizations, these kinds of as an vehicle restore shop and landscaping businesses, that have been operating within buildings designed to glimpse like pink barns. The Union Township land is zoned as estate residential — which ordinarily is a significant good deal with a bigger household, long driveway and maybe a tiny accessory constructing…
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‘contractor integrity’ factor in lost Evans bid
WILLIAMSBURG, Ohio — The Ohio EPA did not want Evans Landscaping to work on a wetlands restoration project in Clermont County this spring, citing factors these kinds of as “contractor integrity” and “compliance with community coverage.” “A continual topic in contracting with federal or point out dollars is the idea of ‘responsibility,’” wrote Martha Spurbeck, a grants administrator for the Ohio EPA Division of Surface Drinking water, in a Jan. 11 e-mail to the Clermont County Water and Soil Conservation District. She did not recommend offering the Williamsburg wetlands task to Evans Landscaping inspite of it currently being the lowest bidder. WCPO attained these email messages as element of a…
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After release from prison, Doug Evans faces new legal threat
CINCINNATI — Evans Landscaping owner Doug Evans may be out of federal prison for his minority contracting fraud conviction, but he now faces a new legal threat – this time from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost. The attorney general’s office filed a civil lawsuit against Evans and his holding companies accusing him of open dumping of solid waste and illegal disposal of construction and demolition debris at three facilities in Hamilton County since at least 2014. Environmental prosecutors filed the civil complaint in March at the request of Hamilton County health officials and are moving toward an August 2022 trial before Common Pleas Judge Jody Luebbers. “Defendants have been aware…