Description
Abandoned lot is overgrown with weeds. Weeds are almost as tall as the neighboring buildings. The lot is now home to many rodents and pests, such as mice, rats, mosquitoes. I believe the lot is actually part of a property on 19th and Wallace, however, the lot is located on North St. between 1918 and 1922.
18 Comments
CK (Guest)
Guest (Guest)
details, i.e. the location.....
CK (Guest)
The location is in the comment section above. North St between 1918 and 1922.
Tks
Philadelphia Health Department (Guest)
and locked. The inspector was told that 1922 has a key for the lock, but
that was a no contact. A 'No Contact' notice was left at the time of the
visit.
CK (Guest)
kd (Guest)
SpringGardenPride (Registered User)
KD (Guest)
SpringGardenPride (Registered User)
To Philadelphia Health Department ,
Would it be possible to set up a date and time to inspect the lot? The user "kd" will be able to coordinate and unlock it for the city if they can schedule this task. Please let us know if there is something that we can be doing to help move this issue toward a resolution.
CK (Guest)
SpringGardenPride (Registered User)
KD (Guest)
SpringGardenPride (Registered User)
I assume the address, between 1918 and 1922 North Street, is 1920 North Street. Philly311 can see it in a web browser (and so can I), like Google Maps, but they can not create a ticket for the cleanup because it does not show up in their "system". The property does not even show up on the Philadelphia Office of Property Assessment It is as if the lot exists everywhere except within the Philadelphia government's system, which explains our difficulty.
I am not sure how the Philadelphia Health Department was able to comment on this page, seemingly understanding that there was an issue with the lot. I do not think that Philadelphia uses SeeClickFix to determine which lots need cleanup. Does the contact at 1922, referred to in the comment above, have a way to get the inspector back out to the property?
Any suggestions on next steps? Can we involve the Spring Garden Civic Association?
CK (Guest)
SpringGardenPride (Registered User)
SpringGardenPride (Registered User)
I spoke with Christine at Philly 311. She said that the property is a residential property with 3 units that extends from Wallace to North Street. Since the property is not a vacant lot, they would create a ticket for residential cleanup under the City of Philadelphia Licenses and Inspections (LNI). I mentioned that the property was overgrown and had trash but no bags of trash or furniture and that the lot is accessible from North Street through an unlocked gate.
The progress of the cleanup can be tracked on Philly311 using either the address "1919 Wallace Street" or case # "2552969".
The current status is ...
Service Request: #2552969
Department: Licenses and Inspections
Type of Inquiry: Maintenance Residential
Status: Pending
Thanks everyone for their input!
SpringGardenPride (Registered User)
Update -
Service Request #2552969
Department: Licenses and Inspections
Type of Inquiry: Maintenance Residential
Status: Pending
Resolution:
ACTION DT ACTION TYPE
17-OCT-12 SENT NOTICE OF VIOLATION
17-OCT-12 INITIAL INSPECTION COMPLETED :VIOLATIONS UNCOMPLIED
KD (Guest)