The ordinance was passed on July, 1, and says that you can no longer have couches or other indoor items on your porch or strewn about your property.

WSAZ reports that the law means items meant for indoor use like couches, mattresses and appliances are no longer legally allowed to be stored outside on property in Huntington city limits.

"That is such a stereotypical way people look at West Virginia, and I don't like that because we are not that way here," one neighbor said.

The old rules about junked cars, trash, tall grass and weeds are back in the spotlight.

The municipal judge can drop the citation against a home owner if the problem is taken care of by the time court rolls around.

Otherwise, the fines and court appearances will add up.



"If they don't show," Mayor Steve Williams explained, "one of the things we are thinking of doing is going on the property ourselves, clearing it and putting a lien on the property. To get it clear."