The San Diego City Attorney’s Office filed a lawsuit against a scrap metal recycling company in Barrio Logan, alleging that it has violated local and state laws and has created a public nuisance for years.

Prosecutors filed the complaint on Wednesday in San Diego Superior Court. According to the lawsuit, SA Recycling, LLC expanded its business on a 3.75-acre lot located on Main and 32nd streets without city permits. For years, the complaint said, the company has been conducting auto wrecking and dismantling and construction and demolition debris recycling too close to residential homes without the city’s authorization.

Residents have long complained about traffic, noise from pounding machines or from trucks starting at 6 a.m. and air pollution from large diesel trucks idling throughout t

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