You know going back a few years you never really saw this in the city. It seems over the last little while the city has really stepped back from enforcing property standards. Garbage strewn lawns, broken windows and missing doors.
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You should give 311 a call and let them know the address.
I lived on a nice street on the near east side not too many years ago and the guy next door had property that made that look like Buckingham Palace. Really nice people but their property was a disaster zone. And the home repairs they did would make Red Green blush. I was chatting with him in the driveway one day when the letter carrier handed him the notice from the city. He got busted. So did someone two doors down who was fit enough to carry cases of beer into the house but not to push a lawn mower. The guy next door did a nice job cleaning up but the other homeowner did not. The city came and did it for him and I assume billed for the job too. I'm still not sure who complained but there was one resident who was particularly vocal about it - she was sandwiched between the two pigstys and I can only imagine how annoying that must have been for her.
Anyway, thanks for the reminder Andrew - I better start cleaning up my own back yard before you show up with your camera here too! :)
At least this place is vacant, so it has an excuse. :)
Good on you, mate!
Windsor is an embarassment of bylaw riches, enforcement absent.
Or as the more cynical will say, everybody wants to build something, but no one wants to maintain...
May I recommend the perimeter of the Windsor Airport as your next Hall of Shame expose? Much talk of "gateways", but weed-infested ditches, rusty chainlink fencing and a broken up roadway tell a "You Have Arrived" story of which we should all be ashamed.
BBS, 311and by-law is now useless to remove garbage. The alleyway behind my building is strewn with garbage (tires, old beds, couches, etc.) I've complained to 311 for the past two months and they said that the by-law was taken off the books and that by-law enforcement will no longer has the authority to order someone to clean up garbage. They sent me to city waste disposal and waste disposal said they'll pick it up when they have time. It's two months now nothing. And new furniture is being dumped in the alley. 311 won't even give me a tracking number. Nothing. It's ridiculous.
Suzanne> I would always wonder what visitors thought of Walker Road into the city when they got off the plane. But in Windsor's defense, most route's in from the airport in most cities, Europe included, are often not pretty. We put airports in the crappy part of town for a reason (or vs versa).
Hey Andrew,
I pass that house everyday on the way to work. As I passed today and took my everyday glance over at the awful sight I noticed that the doors have now been covered? Thought I'd let you know you didn't state when the pic was taken but obviously someone must have said something. There is another house in as bad of shape a couple concessions down (the one that leads to the bend that turns into North Talbot) the wierd thing about this one is that at some point someone must have thought they were going to remodel the house because it has big new windows in the front - but thats about where the renovations ended....lol. In case you want to check it out its right before the overpass when you are heading south on the east side of the street.
Actually a small clarification on the airport. It was built on its current location back when there was really diddly there - just open fields, very much like Zalev's and some other businesses on arteries south of Tecumseh road that predated residential developments we take for granted today.
In the case of Windsor airport, the bad neighbourhood came to it, not the other way around.
Complain to the 311 manager. They're obligated to provide you with a tracking number. Their excuses are a lot of BS. Let them tell you what by-law was revoked.
Maybe the property has an excuse, but the property owner doesn't. In my little town, our code enforcement officer has the most difficult time getting landlords to clean up their property. The city has at times taken non resident owners to court to make them clean up their mess.
As a city councilman, I don't like dragging people into court, but sometimes one has to in order to protect the city as a whole. A property like that above could take down a neighborhood in a heartbeat.
Doug Shirk
Rock Island, WA