Frustrated courthouse officials in Beckley, W.Va., are looking for a landscaping solution to the problem of homeless people using the building as a urinal.

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The Raleigh County, W.Va., commission is seeking bids for landscapers to replace shrubs and greenery that encircle the building, giving people enough privacy to relieve themselves, the Beckley Register-Herald reported.

Commission President John Aliff said there's no guarantee work will be done until the commission reviews the estimated costs.

"It's turning yellow," Aliff said, adding one solution might be plant new shrubs farther from the building, the newspaper said.

"We don't want any more bathroom use there," Aliff added.