Grace Period For Ordinance Violators In Webster Ending
June 17, 2020 at 12:42 a.m.
By Deb McAuliffe Sprong-
Police Chief Greg Church told the North Webster Town Council on Tuesday that there are several ordinance violations in town but he’s been “holding off” because of the coronavirus.
He cited the property at 507 W. Huntington St. as an example. He said the owner recently died, and the person living there with the owner “took all the junk” in the house, threw it in the yard and then moved away.
He said ordinance allows the town to mow the yard of an abandoned property, and said utilities manager Jayne Alger has been taking care of that. However, by ordinance, the town “can’t move the junk.”
Church said the bank will be taking back the property but it hasn’t yet, and there’s no estate to contact.
Town attorney Jack Birch said he will file for an injunction so the town may move forward with cleaning up the property.
Church mentioned two other properties owned by mortgage companies that are in violation of town ordinance, but he said, “They just won’t respond to us.”
Also during the meeting, Alger reported “high E. coli issues” from discharge into Kuhn ditch. She said the large amount of rain at the end of May contributed to the problem, and also mentioned increased activity on the weekends. “It seems like Mondays are a bad day,” she said.
The next meeting will be at 6 p.m. July 21 in the North Webster Community Center.
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Police Chief Greg Church told the North Webster Town Council on Tuesday that there are several ordinance violations in town but he’s been “holding off” because of the coronavirus.
He cited the property at 507 W. Huntington St. as an example. He said the owner recently died, and the person living there with the owner “took all the junk” in the house, threw it in the yard and then moved away.
He said ordinance allows the town to mow the yard of an abandoned property, and said utilities manager Jayne Alger has been taking care of that. However, by ordinance, the town “can’t move the junk.”
Church said the bank will be taking back the property but it hasn’t yet, and there’s no estate to contact.
Town attorney Jack Birch said he will file for an injunction so the town may move forward with cleaning up the property.
Church mentioned two other properties owned by mortgage companies that are in violation of town ordinance, but he said, “They just won’t respond to us.”
Also during the meeting, Alger reported “high E. coli issues” from discharge into Kuhn ditch. She said the large amount of rain at the end of May contributed to the problem, and also mentioned increased activity on the weekends. “It seems like Mondays are a bad day,” she said.
The next meeting will be at 6 p.m. July 21 in the North Webster Community Center.
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