The following email was sent to the Owner/Property Manager:

"Dear Owner/Property Manager:

The following report was made through SeeClickFix: https://seeclickfix.com/issues/5823519-trash-or-illegal-dumping

Per BCO 18-111: any loose trash/debris and any broken and/or interior-purposed furniture must be removed from the exterior of this property; any recyclable items need to be in wheeled “toter” containers and stored properly, away from the front of the property, on non-collection days.

Please address this reported issue with expediency and thank you for your cooperation."

FYI: This stuff - half of which has been picked up already - has literally been in front of our house for 2.5 hours as of this moment.

I feel fairly well-versed in community affairs and city ordinance. Although an ordinance is cited in this instance, it is regularly violated by most residents of the city not unlike rules around hitching horses to posts.

Which begs the question: What is Code Enforcement's practice for enforcing this ordinance? Is it random drive-by's by inspectors without context on timing as happened here? Are inspectors specifically tasked with driving around all day looking for such violations? What education campaigns are there to reel in this nefarious activity (as implied by Code Enforcement tagging me 30 minutes after the stuff hit the curb)?

If lack of things to do is a concern for Code Enforcement, I can create a list of Lead violations, lawn parking violations, and more.

FYI: the stuff will be gone tomorrow when I have plans for a dump run anyway.