Woodstock's City Code must need sharper teeth. Here's another example of a property owner's trashing up a City street.
Most likely, this pile of furniture is the result of an eviction. It's at 138 First Street, just up the street from el Niagara Restaurant.
It's also in full view of one of the City's newest real estate developments, Woodstock Station.
Obviously, a property owner faces a big problem when he must evict a tenant. The problem? What to do with the tenant's "stuff"?
The landlord won't want to pay for moving it into a self-storage rental unit or pay the rent on the storage unit. So what does he do? He just puts it out on the curb, wishing hopefully that the tenant will miraculously remember what he didn't take with him and come back promptly to retrieve it.
Somebody pinch me. I must be dreaming.
No, the landlord removes the tenant's property from the rental space, so that he can repair, clean and re-rent the apartment. And he moves it to the curb.
What the City can do is shorten the length of time that the junk can be in the parkway - that space between the sidewalk and the street which is public right-of-way and controllable by the City.
This junk was spotted on Saturday morning, July 5. When was it put there? June 30? July 1? Was it there Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, before City offices closed for the holiday week-end? Now it will be there Saturday and Sunday, because Woodstock's Code Enforcement Officer doesn't work on week-ends.
Recently there was a similar pile at the house next door, and it's my understanding that the City removed the trash and has billed the property owner.
If you believe the City should cause the immediate removal of this kind of junk, email mayor@woodstockil.gov and citymanager@woodstockil.gov
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