It is actually attached to 342 State St, not 338.

Thanks! Corrected!

I actually live the building and was pretty horrified by the structure. It's embarrassing.

I prefer it to the hoard of garbage cans they usually leave out front

Thank you for reporting this situation. An inspector has been assigned to evaluate the premises.

BRC Rick assigned this issue to BRC Kevin M

How is that monstrosity still there?

It's a good thing this is an an election year. It's a travesty that mini-shed is allowed to be in an historic district. I wonder how the owner of 332 State Street feels. He was forced to go in front of the BZA & HRC to get approval to build a structure to screen his trash.

Just curious how everyone would propose they handle the storage of the trash cans? I don't think this property has anywhere else they can be placed.

If the person who was designated as the property manager would clean out the area under the stairs and provide cans that are clean and have lids and are a manageable size they could be stored under there. This structure is a dumpster plain and simple. It is difficult to get cans in and out of and there is already garbage spilling out inside the dumpster. One of the current tenants refuses to use it and carries small bags out daily. It's a travesty.

Alice is correct. First and foremost, it's a clear code violation, and the code must be applied equally to all properties. Trash must be stored where it's not visible from the curb, or it must be appropriately screened. Screening requires approval from BZA/HRC to ensure that it fits in with the historic fabric of the neighborhood. If too much trash is being produced in the building, then the property owner should have his private waste hauler pick up the trash more frequently, or the density should be reduced. Throwing a mini dumpster in front of a building in a historic district is not an appropriate or legal solution.

So, this was reported a month ago, and assigned.
What is the city's process for dealing with clear violations?

This is just pathetic. I want to put an iron fence next to my stoop like so many other homes here have. It will look like the iron on the stoop, and match the historic look, and yet I am being put through the ringer by the historic association, and this stuff is allowed. Must work at the legislature or for the city, so they look the other way.

Can someone from the city respond!! Why is this still in plain view as of today, 5/19/2017???
Thank you!

It has been nearly 90 days with no action....

This entire app is a joke. Nothing is ever accomplished by issuing it other than the brief thought that you've actually done something about the blight creeping onto State St. The garbage in the alley at 346 State, the abandoned decrepit building at 261 State, the cretins who don't clean up after their dogs.... I'm done. Moving.

The owner of 342 applied for and was granted permission for that trash container in November of 2016. It met the necessary requirements

It's my understanding that the approval that was granted was done in error. The structure is actually located within the city right-of-way, and it's my hope that this will be the grounds for having it removed.

It met what requirements? It is a dumpster. In the front yard. I don't care what color you paint it, or what hinges you use, its a dumpster.

It's not a dumpster. It's a shed to house the cans. Also, I struggle to see how this is located in the "city right-of-way". This is not the sidewalk...

The property line follows the facade of the building. Therefore iper the Department of Planning it's in the City Right of Way. In a historic district like ours a structure of that kind is prohibited. It was approved in error through an administrative decision, rather than the typical BZA/HRC process. In the future, as has always been the practice, future similar structures will not be approved.

Who granted the permit? It is an eyesore.

The permit should never have been granted. Its a large container used to store garbage(dumpster.) Its definitely an eyesore, as is the garbage strewn alley next to346 State, and the abandoned building at 261 State with the broken window.

The owner must know someone, as other people jump through multiple hoops and get denied for such "horrible" improvements like installing new, appropriately designed modern windows, or nit-picking paint colors.
If this was approved in error it ought to be corrected. Otherwise, why NOT dumpsters in front if every building?
PS This app is a joke. 3 abandoned buildings on one block of Hudson Ave. alone, and years of complaints have yielded NOTHING!

From what I've been told, it was an administrative error.

Thank you for reporting this incident. A code enforcement officer has performed an inspection of the premises and has determined that no violations are in existence.