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New to the forum, and glad to have found it! Now, a question...

The businesses in the neighborhood fit the neighborhood. Thrift stores thrive in neighborhoods with comic book stores. The guy with the defunct gas station needs a junk dealers license. The owner of a comic book store would recognize that right away.

Knowing that the mayor is a Marvel fan, I'd say that your boat sank at the slip.
 
Builder Bob said:
ONe of the tricks to use is to obtain a permit wait 179 days call in an inspection for driving one nail - I get another 179 days before I have to call in an inspection for another driven nail... thus the permit keeps active -
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And then the city starts charging for additional inspections, that is in our muni-code.
 
Well, I've got my name on the city council meeting agenda for Tuesday night's monthly meeting, after talking to one of our ward's councilmen about the problem. He's in agreement that the place is a junk yard in sight, so I guess I'm going to have to make a public appearance, which I hate doing. But since I first asked this question here 2 weeks ago, the outside junk and the amount of vehicles has increased. So, I'm going to have some 8x10 glossies (thanks, Arlo Guthrie) and a list of city codes and a brief comment to give the council, and hopefully bring the problem to full attention. I don't think I mentioned that we also live across the street from an elementary school that gets daily traffic that passes this guy's dump every day too, so maybe I'll have some back up after the story comes out in the local paper on Wednesday. But, geez, I hate being the guy who has to get up and gripe in public. As a union ironworker, I was the steward on many, many jobs and never minded standing up for the rules. But when I have to get up in front of the city council who would rather the old Elvins section of Park Hills would just fall off the map, and never visit "that side of town" if not forced to, it makes me cringe. Oh, and if I can figure out how to add them, here's a couple of pics of what we're dealing with. The place was old and rough to begin with, now it's old, rough and a major eyesore.
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Good luck

Sign up for every council meeting till they throw you out or do something
 
Pictures worth a thousand words. As I noted previously, unless returned to its original use, the UG tanks will be an issue.
 
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Do an open records request to see if the underground gas tanks are still there or if they have been removed



You might find out in your state who regulates underground gas tanks and let them know, there are some unused tanks in the ground

Or an email complaint to epa
 
cda said:
see if they are registered tanks::



You may have to save it to your computer, than input the address.


If not report the site
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His beef is all about trash, junk and debris. He can’t see underground tanks. For that matter, he can’t see much in the way of trash, junk and debris.
 
Paint doesn't appear to be peeling, soffit/fascia appears to be intact, roof shingles look like they're all there. Maybe there's a weed or two that's too tall. If I had someone in my office who wouldn't shut up about it then I might ask him to replace the window that's duct-taped up, but only if he's using the building - if it's vacant and he's just using the lot, then I wouldn't even ask for that.

You don't really have any grounds for PM violations other than the vehicles. Maybe it looks worse in person, but from a Property Maintenance Code / Code Enforcement Officer standpoint I can see why you're the only one who's excited about this - if this guy applies for and gets a business license to use the lot (since it seems like the City requires one), then there aren't any violations at all.

(**Assuming the building is vacant, and/or only used for storage. If the guy is using the building / has regular business hours there, and/or it's open to customers, then we're having a different conversation.**)
 
JCraver said:
Paint doesn't appear to be peeling, soffit/fascia appears to be intact, roof shingles look like they're all there. Maybe there's a weed or two that's too tall. If I had someone in my office who wouldn't shut up about it then I might ask him to replace the window that's duct-taped up, but only if he's using the building - if it's vacant and he's just using the lot, then I wouldn't even ask for that.

You don't really have any grounds for PM violations other than the vehicles. Maybe it looks worse in person, but from a Property Maintenance Code / Code Enforcement Officer standpoint I can see why you're the only one who's excited about this - if this guy applies for and gets a business license to use the lot (since it seems like the City requires one), then there aren't any violations at all.

(**Assuming the building is vacant, and/or only used for storage. If the guy is using the building / has regular business hours there, and/or it's open to customers, then we're having a different conversation.**)
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Not into CE,

How about outside storage of junk/ materials

Junk vehicles


No dumpster enclosure


Biggest one no business permit/ certificate of occupancy
 
Showme said:
Well, I've got my name on the city council meeting agenda for Tuesday night's monthly meeting, after talking to one of our ward's councilmen about the problem.
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So was this meeting last week (5-8) or is it tonight? Let us know how it turned out?
 
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