Description
The property at 2862 Semmes St (alternatively 2860 Stanton St) is condemned, however there are persons occupying the residence, including dogs. There have also been vagrants living in the abandoned and dilapidated outbuilding behind the property, one of whom defecated in my backyard. It also appears that the abandoned property at 1774 Dorsey Ave has also possibly been broken into as the crawlspace doors are unsecured and a back window is open. The chainlink fence running along the back of the property has been pulled down allowing entrance to the yard. All of these properties are connected by the redundant alley way that connects Cheney St to Semmes/Stanton St. The alley serves no real purpose other than allowing ne'er-do-wells access to invade the privacy of our backyards at all hours of the day and night. The alley way is not serviced by the city or maintained by a private party and has become overgrown and littered with empty liquor bottles and discarded appliances. The alley and these abandoned/condemned properties are dangerous, attract the homeless, and make the neighborhood appear and feel less than safe.
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Taffini Guffie (Verified Official)
MDeberry (Verified Official)
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Godkänd Ofc. P.Singfield (Registered User)
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robbviously (Registered User)
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Ofc. P.Singfield (Registered User)
robbviously (Registered User)
MDeberry (Verified Official)
MDeberry (Verified Official)
Public Works has a Work Order to clean the alleyway and this will occur within the next 30 days.
This is an Open Investigation, and we monitor the property.
If any illegal activity is occurring, please call EPPD.
MDeberry (Verified Official)
Robert (Registered User)
Stängt CMHall (Registered User)
The city has cleaned this alley of trash and debris
Reopened robbviously (Registered User)
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JPfromthePoint (Registered User)
Oh Robviously
Dont get your panties in a wad over this . . .
The city doesnt care what it smells like when you sit out on your poop deck.
They just like to cite people with jobs so they can raise money to justify their fancy new F 150s.
Godkänd MDeberry (Verified Official)
Robert (Registered User)
robbviously (Registered User)
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JPfromthePoint (Registered User)
So there was supposed to be a court date on 7-5-17 that was to resolve all this.
Rob reports the folks were back on 7-12-17.
On 7-16-17, the COEP fire department and an ambulance came to pick up Mr. Douglas from the house, and took him away on a stretcher. Not sure who watched the dog while he was gone.
Yesterday he was back.
Officer DeBerry recommends calling 911 when the vagrants are in the house, but heck, the vagrants call 911 themselves and use city services, and no one does a thing about it.
robbviously (Registered User)
So here is something I recently realized... Have the taxes been paid by anyone for this property? If you're looking for the owner to notify them, then wouldn't there be a record of that? And if the property taxes have not been paid, can't the city or county reclaim the property and demolish the building or resale it to an interested party?
The vagrants living inside have removed the red door tag and we haven't heard any updates since the court date from July 5th.
robbviously (Registered User)
Robert (Registered User)
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MDeberry (Verified Official)
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Stängt MDeberry (Verified Official)