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Roscoe resident faults code enforcement after trailer citation; praises public works for pedestrian crossing fix
Summary
A longtime Roscoe resident told the Village of Roscoe board he received a code-enforcement citation for a utility trailer kept at his property for decades and urged evenhanded enforcement; he also thanked public works for repairing flashing pedestrian-crossing lights.
Terry Brock, a Roscoe resident, told the Village of Roscoe board during public comment that he received a citation from village code enforcement over a utility trailer he said has been next to his garage for 36 years. “I've been lived in Roscoe for 37 years, and today is the first time I got a citation from the village code enforcement,” Brock said.
Brock said the citation requires the 5-by-8 utility trailer to be placed on a concrete pad, moved behind his garage — about 10 feet away — or moved to the property line five feet from the line. He said he used the trailer only a couple times a year and asked why the village was enforcing the rule now after decades without action. “Why after 36 years am I first being enforced?” he asked.
Brock also raised concerns about uneven enforcement across the village, citing neighbors who keep motor homes and trailers and what he described as vehicles for sale parked in the right of way on Main Street. He said an enforcement officer photographed his trailer from inside a vehicle and that the resulting picture was of poor quality. “So the picture that all of you probably saw is a poor picture,” Brock said, adding that the officer did not introduce himself.
Board members acknowledged Brock's comments and said the village would follow up. A board member thanked him for attending and noted that when residents raise issues, they can be tracked and addressed at subsequent meetings.
Brock opened his remarks by thanking public works employees for repairing flashing pedestrian-crossing lights that he said had been out for months. "I wanna thank Troy and his voice from public works for getting a new pedestrian crossing, flashing lights working after 4 months," Brock said, noting the lights were bright and helpful and that installers worked in the rain.
No formal action was taken during public comment. The board did not record a formal directive or an immediate change to the citation noted by Brock on the meeting record.
