Catoosa County takes a local business to court after several neighbors complain about it.
The owner of ASAP Tree Services lives and operates his business from his Dietz Road residence.
Neighbors says it's a nuisance and too big of a business for a residential zone.
WDEF News 12's Mandy Odom was the only camera in court and has the latest in this continuing coverage.
Several neighbors of ASAP Tree Services testified saying it's a nuisance that interfers with the quiet enjoyment of their property.
Martha King says, "I heard chainsaws, log splitters, dump trucks."
Jeff Hutchins says, "You can hear the chainsaws easily inside my house. The log splitter you can hear also."
Joy Hutchins says, "You can't enjoy the pool even if you turn on the radio, stereo whatever. You can hear the chainsaw, the traffic whatever else. It just drowns it all out."
ASAP Tree Service's attorney claims all this is the result of one neighbor's grudge because of a property line dispute.
The owner Craig Burchfield recently put up a 8-foot privacy fence after Zone Enforcement told him to.
Several county workers testified for the defense that they found no code violations, but the county's attorney pointed out they never heard the business when it was in full operation.
Burchfield says, "The running of the chainsaw is not that long of a period. I can cut enough wood in an hour that would take someone the whole day to split."
Burchfield says he put a muffler on the log splitter and that it's no louder than a lawn mower.
The attorneys have 10 days to file their briefings with the court.
In Catoosa County, Mandy Odom, WDEF News 12.
Burchfield has filed a separate lawsuit against one of his neighbors for invasion of privacy for setting up cameras to look over the privacy fence.
