Citations

[ratushebarl.livejournal.com]

I just went down to City Hall to try and get a cert of good standing for a contractor, and discovered $1050 in trash citations -- issued June 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, this is the first I've heard of any of them -- plus a $25 ticket for "overgrowth".

I gather the thing is to appeal trash cites in person? I'd pay one or two out of general civicness, but this seems extreme. I'm unhappy with this much escalation with no notification and no chance to remediate. Plus I think the whole thing is bogus -- I've been tagged before and we're careful about the trash.

On the plus side, the City Clerk employee was very helpful and saw to it that I got my certificate stamped anyway.

In other news, what's the deal with overgrowth? I don't have plants overhanging the sidewalk, or as far as I can tell doing anything else obnoxious. My tiny lawn is weedy, but is this a crime?

Comments

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

how about actually NOTIFYING the owner? it sounds like that failed in this case.

[ratatosk.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I would really like to know why these piled up without any notifications being given.

[eeyorecol.livejournal.com]

I know that when we have gotten a trash citation (thanks to our upstairs neighbors' habit of only taking out their trash once a month), the ticket was mailed directly to my landlord. I'm surprised they don't seem to mail them to everyone...