Jim Geist

It is Saturday and at 230 Bay Street, and since 8am this morning, construction is occurring. It is NOT quiet work, they are hammering, drilling, and cutting metal framing. This building has no windows so there is nothing to control the noise.

Sinkhole in a fairly advanced stage in front of 227 Bay Street / Driver Side / East Side

Saturday construction once again occurring at 226 Bay Street. Feel free to ignore and take no action like always. THIS IS NOT INSIDE WORK. SAWING, AIR COMPRESSOR AND HAMMING OUTSIDE SINCE 8:00 AM.

The construction at 226 Bay Street not only blocks the sidewalk, but they use the construction barriers at night to provide a 'temporary walk' in front of the building and to guarantee parking in front of the building the next day by pushing the orange barriers onto the curb for contractor parking. Pedestrians are now forced to walk in the street.
There needs to be a point when blocking a sidewalk for construction ends. There is clearly enough room to restore the sidewalk for pedestrians provided contractors working at 226 Bay clean up their site. Residents and anyone using a sidewalk in front of a construction site should not have to wait for construction to complete for restoration of sidewalk access.

It is Saturday, April 23, 2022. There are people performing demolition work on 230 Bay Street at 8:10 am and I doubt they are permitted to work on Saturday. They are tearing interior walls down (ie hammering) and throwing the waste out the 1st story window.

211 - 233 Bay Street, the portion between Grove and Erie, for the third Thursday in a row now, did not have cardboard recycling picked up. Last week (1/20), they 'claimed' it was because the street block.

We have a storm coming and cardboard boxes that were not picked up last night and will turn to mush and/or get frozen in place. And now we have city employees forced to perform the work that a contracted company chose to ignore.

Hudson Hound's outdoor dining structure is blocking the no parking from here to corner sign. Additionally, it looks like attempts have been made to remove the sign -- as if removing the sign erases the New Jersey state law about parking too close to a crosswalk. Can a new sign get placed between this structure and the corner with
No
Parking
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This corner receives a lot of pedestrian traffic and cars parking close to the crosswalk create a hazardous situation for pedestrians since vehicles parked close to an intersection obstruct the pedestrian's view down the street they are attempting to cross. It also obstructs visibility a car has as they approach this corner.

Graffiti with profanity painted on sidewalk on east side (right side based on one way direction of travel) between Wayne and Christopher Columbus

White Audi Illegally parked in front of Hudson Hound outdoor eating stand on Bay Street. When cars park in this area, it is not only illegal, but it also blocks pedestrian visibility down Bay Street. Parking Authority is pretty much guaranteed a ticket in this location every day.

Two catch basins on Erie Street between 3rd and 4th streets are overgrown with weeds and require cleaning. They are both on the western (left side when traveling from 2nd to 6th on Erie) of Erie Street.

There is always a car parked in the area between Hudson Hound's outdoor eating structure and the corner NE corner of Bay and Erie Street. There is no parking, yet cars still park there.
A lot of pedestrians walk on the east side (same side as Hudson Hound) and a car illegally parked blocks pedestrian visibility down Bay Street. On the past weekend, 2 cars were squeezed in that spot, one of which was blocking the crosswalk.

May I ask that parking enforcement checks this when they are in the area? Cars are frequently illegally parked in the no parking from here to corner on both sides of Bay at Erie Street.

This is a vacant, blighted property at 230 Bay Street. The building has been vacant for over a 1.5 years and there has been zero upkeep on it. There is graffiti on the west facing facade; dirt was dumped on the property when water main work was performed; trees are overgrown; there is often standing water to the left of the stairs; white paint was dumped on the brickwork fence; full, uncovered trash cans.

A sinkhole has formed on Erie Street in front of 29 Erie Street -- west side (left side) of Erie Street between First and Second Streets. The hole is about 9" in diameter and ~18" worth of soil under the pavement is gone.

Dangerously low cable/fios wire, less than 6ft from the ground

'Halal' Food Cart is OPERATING ILLEGALLY in the downtown SID on the corner of Bay Street and Erie Street. The license plate on this trailer is TVX-24K / NJ. This cart sets up at 11:00 pm and operates until past 2 am, ILLEGALLY. This cart is placed in a no parking area and blocks visibility at a busy intersection. A complaint has been made to Police non-emergency and WOTS weekly and yet this cart is able to continue to operate illegally. Why? Because of lack of enforcement. How many times does it take for quality of life issues to get addresses and this time by someone who is clearly ignoring the ordinances governing this area?

See - Click - Ignore as yet again, a food cart is set up in the downtown SID on the corner of Bay and Erie Street. Food Carts, trucks, etc. are not allowed in the downtown SID . . neither are outdoor speakers a-la Key Hole. But when there is NO ENFORCEMENT, establishments, vendors, etc. can do whatever they want, whenever they want. City Council -- why are you wasting time and tax payer resources crafting ordinances that are not enforced?

I live on Bay Street between Grove and Erie Streets. On Friday and Saturday nights, there is a food cart that is dropped off along Erie Street, typically by the Bay and Erie Street intersection. Are food carts allowed in the area of downtown - infront of homes and apartments? This issue has been reported on WOTS but the police come.