City of Oakland Private Property - Code Enforcement PLUS

The old gas station at Magee and MacArthur is being used for an illegal car repair shop.

On 9/25/21 (Saturday morning) at 7:30 am, Bombera’s construction company began sawing, demoing, and removing concrete in front of the restaurant with heavy equipment. There are many residential neighbors by Bombera, including an apartment building 15 feet away. On weekends, it is a violation of OMC 17.120 to start very loud construction noise before 9:00 am. Even after 9:00 am, the maximum decibels allowed is 65 db. According to City construction equipment noise emissions ("Environmental Setting, Impacts, Standard Conditions of Approval, and Mitigation Measures" document) jackhammering produces 88 db of sound at 50 feet away. Bombera's construction company used concrete saws and hydraulic breaker hammers for over 1 hour, which emit more noise than jackhammers. This is a clear violation of the law, yet Bombera's owners are not held accountable. Why would Bombera do this so early on a Saturday morning? The answer is simple. They wanted the work done before the restaurant opened for brunch that day. This is part of a pattern of misconduct and disrespect Bombera owners show their neighbors.

Wells Fargo has an extremely bright sign that is shining into the windows of the houses on Rand Ave and disrupting the neighbors’ sleep.

Across street from this address
Corporate cell phone vendors attract trash, loitering and blight community

They've been allowed to trash one of very few green spaces in East Oakland

Please paint this curb red

They cannot continue to peddle their phones here

Multiple dogs stay outside all day and night and bark from the backyard at all hours.

Dogs outside constantly bark and howl at all hours but especially EVERY morning between 6am-9am.

Someone at this property has (at least) two large meat smokers; they burn a lot of wood & smoke meats weekly. They have recently put solid panels on their gates to this lot so it's difficult to see inside but the air is full of wood smoke and meat cooking smells. This creates a significant issue with the local air quality and pollutes the neighborhood, where I live.

Illegal prostitution is rampant at 4 Season Massage Spa offering sex for cash by employees. During standard massage, masseuse offered sexual intercourse in exchange for cash. Clearly illegal. I left. I will say that the reason for the zoning violation is that the business does not display on its retail sing that it is a brothel.

Not sure if this is the right selection.

A food truck has operating on the Midas tire lot everyday in the evening thru the late hours 12pm and sometimes to til 1am and 2am for a numerous amount of months.

Besides that this food trucks on occasion plays loud music disrupting the neighborhood at 12pm and even 1 and 2 am, I live across the street, I can hear the music booming and I have a hard time sleeping. I am tempted to go out and tell them to shut the music off but it’s so late, I fear I might get killed.

The food truck also brings in lots of car and people through the late hours; causing the dogs to continuously bark throughout the night. I also notice the street garbage bin near by has also been constantly overflowing and spilling out on to the street, not sure if the two are related.

I understand people need money and want to make a living but they have no consideration for others as our neighborhood has lots of labors who need their sleep and wake up really early to go to work . A senior home is across the street and I am pretty sure they hear it too. There is only so much we can put up with and enough is enough. The food truck has been here for many many months and it’s time for them to go or operate somewhere else during normal business hours. Please help. We are fed up with the garbage, the noise and the unwanted foot and vehicle traffic during the late hours!

House that was remodeling cut down a tree in Knowland Park that was blocking their view of the bay. It is almost 200 feet from there house and was a healthy, large oak tree.

Fence is too high and obstructing view of oncoming vehicle traffic.