HUNTING PARK (WPVI) -- L&I and Philadelphia police removed more than 100 vehicles from a lot in the 3700 block of Old York Road in the Hunting Park section of Philadelphia.
The property owner says he was blindsided as the work began on Friday.
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He says his only notification to remove the vehicles was a notice posted on the gate stating he had five days to remove the vehicles.
The owner says he collects vehicles as a hobby, and he is a self-described hoarder.
L&I Commissioner David Perri tells Action News the owner's story is not accurate. Perri says the lot is a nuisance property, and enforcement action against it began in 2016.
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In December of 2018, a court order stated the property owner owed $2,000 in fines, plus $200 for every day the vehicles remained on the lot.
Multiple tow trucks were removing the vehicles on Friday afternoon.