The DeKalb County Magistrate Court has launched a project aimed at getting derelict properties cleaned up or razed if the owners repeatedly fail to respond to code violation citations.

According to a release from office of Chief Magistrate Berryl Anderson Wednesday, the court’s Ordinance Division will convene the special hearings once a month to address “abandoned, dilapidated and burned-out properties” that have been cited multiple times without any corrective measures being taken.