Same trash that's been there since Christmas. Perhaps before next Tuesday the City could contact the trash service company, direct them to load the accumulated garbage into their truck and bill the homeowner as the City would for snow removal. The rest of the yard is in as sad a shape as the front yard and continues to be a disgrace to the nearby property owners as their trash blows up and down South Main Street.

A civil infraction as wrote on 10/6/15. I will check with the city attorney to see what the status of this is. Thank you for your continued patience.

349 South Main is the correct address.
Civil infraction written over six months ago. This problem was reported many times before that.
The perimeter of the house continues to be packed with garbage, some in bags, mostly strewn about.
I wonder what the status of that infraction notice is and if it really has any teeth to it.

JD - I just had a formal hearing get adjourned last Tuesday from a ticket I wrote in July of last year and the problem is still not corrected. We are on the courts timeline. Once the ticket is issued, we have to go thru the process. I agree it is VERY frustrating. I'd be happy to talk to you about this further - 517-264-4895 is my direct line

Good Morning, Glenn! Perhaps a postcard could be sent to the homeowner and let them know about the unlimited city wide pick up in June. He's been doing better the past two weeks about getting his trash to the curb, but there are still many old bags of trash around the perimeter of the house... and there's always more accumulating.

I believe those notices will be going out with water bills, but I'll make sure they get mailed one regardless. Thanks

Neighbors appreciate your consideration on that, Glenn!
Thanks,
JD

Nary a leaf raked this fall, the fence looks like bad dental work, trash and garbage bags surround the house, and the car remains parked on the grass in the front yard. I shudder to think what the inside looks like. Did the formal hearing ever get rescheduled, and if so, what was the outcome?
Thanks,
JD

Pile of trash again growing along fence. Let's see if it makes it to the curb tomorrow. Why are they allowed to continue to disregard city codes? They repeatedly have trash in the yard and continue to park their car in front lawn.

Must have not got the notice with the water bill last year.

Civil infraction tickets issued on 1/19/2017.

Tickets issued 10/26/2015, 4/5/2016, 9/28/2016, 1/19/2017

Thanks for the update! I mentioned this to the City Attorney the other day when she was near this property walking the cousin of Clifford, the Big Red Dog, hoping she'd do some follow up.
Since the Ahern's really aren't doing anything to keep up the property in spite of the enforcement actions noted above (and I really worry about the inside condition for their young children), I have to ask if there were any of fines associated with the tickets. If not, they're just thumbing their noses at the City and it's ordinances.
Please consider sending a crew in to clean up this health hazard and garnishing them thru his employer (Comcast) to offset your costs. As you're aware, this has been going on for too long.

Issue 2899570 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue.

Issue 2370849 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue.

Issue 3527050 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue.

Closed to combine with open enforcement