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Residents press Yeadon council over code enforcement, driveway permits and blocked easement
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Summary
Several residents told the Yeadon Borough Council they have waited years for code enforcement and complete permit records, alleging a neighbor's concrete driveway and parking are blocking an easement and creating safety hazards; council pledged an on-site inspection and staff follow-up Monday.
Several Yeadon residents used the council's citizens forum to press officials on persistent code and driveway-permit problems that they said are diminishing neighborhood quality of life and endangering pedestrians.
Clara Johnson told council she has seen washers, dryers and furniture left on porches and piles of wood on lawns and asked when existing ordinances will be enforced. "Where is there a good quality of life in any of those things that I just mentioned?" she asked, urging the borough to follow up when violations are reported.
Quintina Scruggs described a shared-driveway conflict at 522 South Union Avenue. She said police told her she might be ticketed if she parks in certain areas and that other neighbors and outside parties use the shared space. The council advised Scruggs to check her deed, obtain a new survey if needed, and invited the police chief and code staff to meet with her after the meeting.
A longer, contested case involved resident Chloe McGee (introduced at the meeting as Pauline McGee), who said she has sought complete permit records for about four years and that a neighbor's work now blocks an easement recorded on McGee's deed. "I have been asking for the permit from about 4 years now," McGee said, and described photographs she brought showing a concrete slab and pavement that she says have blocked access and caused repeated safety incidents.
McGee said an official, Mr. Collins, produced a single-page screenshot of a permit but refused to provide additional pages; she said a citation was later withdrawn and that she received no explanation. "He told me that it was private. He cannot give that to me," McGee said of the page she was refused.
Council members and staff described the situation as both a code and a legal issue and said they would pursue multiple steps. The presiding official said code staff identified a permit in the records after a deeper search, but council questioned whether the permit authorized parking. "If that's blocking the sidewalk, that's a violation within itself," one councilor said, urging an on-site inspection and review of grading and materials used.
Council pledged to have Mr. Collins and code inspectors visit the property and to loop in the police chief if necessary. The borough committed to an on-site inspection the following Monday and to follow up with McGee afterward; council also recommended that McGee consult an attorney if legal action is required. "I'm going to be up here Monday morning to address Mr. Collins and get them out there to deal with this because this can't continue," the presiding official said.
What happened next: Council recorded a commitment to a site visit and staff follow-up; no formal enforcement action or judicial filing was reported during the meeting.
