Yesterday we were walking on Truelight Road, and saw a notice on the door of 9235 -- this is the house with the Honda in the Carport that has not been moved for many years (the house where there was no sidewalk for a long time). We looked at the notice. It was a citation notice from the Town for uncut grass, etc.
This got me to thinking about our situation at 5500 Crown Hill. The Town web site provides the related regulations. Here's an extract:
Chapter 12: HOUSING AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND NUISANCE ABATEMENT
Sec. 12-40. Owners or occupants to keep premises clean.
Every person owning or occupying any premises shall keep the premises
free from noxious weeds, garbage, rubbish, hazardous refuse and all other
forms of animal or vegetable refuse which may be dangerous or prejudicial
to the public health or which may constitute a public nuisance. For further
clarification, every person owning or occupying any premises shall keep the
premises free of overgrowth or heavy growth of weeds, bushes, or noxious growth.
Sec. 12-41. Building materials stored on private property.
All refuse, lumber, debris and other building materials on private property
which are visible from the street or an adjoining lot due to current construction
in progress for the remodel or repair of any existing buildings, the erection
and completion of any new buildings or the addition to existing buildings,
all pursuant to a lawfully-issued and currently-active building permit,
shall be removed by the property owner within 15 calendar days from the completion
of the aforesaid work. An owner or occupant may need to verify that construction
is currently in progress if there has been no construction activity for over thirty
calendar days and show good cause why the Town should not abate (under Section 12-43)
the refuse, lumber, debris and other building materials left or stored on the property.
There is a very wide swath of uncut grass along the side next to the 5508 property, plus some on the front that violates the first regulation. And the second regulation applies too, as it's been months since the last construction activity. So there's something easy that could be done now, while we're waiting on the one-year clock to expire. The Town would at a minimum investigate our complaint, and in doing so would find out what the owner's current story is.
