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Residents press Hamilton officials on yard drainage, unmaintained alley and animal-control procedures
Summary
Multiple residents raised public-safety and property concerns at the April 16 Hamilton Council meeting: a neighbor’s pool and altered grading allegedly caused standing water in one yard, a township-owned alley used for resident parking is unpaved and unmaintained, and a resident urged changes to animal-control procedures after a January dog-charging incident involving an expired rabies vaccine.
Residents used the public-comment period at the April 16 meeting to press the council on three localized issues: stormwater and grading after a neighbor installed a pool, maintenance of a township-owned alley used for resident parking, and animal-control procedures following a dog-charging incident in January.
Rocco Sharapa, of 12 Christopher Drive, said a neighbor’s pool installation and regrading have redirected rainwater into his yard. He described standing water that did not exist before the pool work and said township engineering had previously inspected but the neighbor had not completed required…
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