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Milford committee to focus April enforcement on visible yard issues, abandoned vehicles
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Summary
The Milford Beautification Committee set an April enforcement focus on street-visible yard maintenance (weeds over 6 inches, junk) and abandoned/dismantled vehicles, asked members to submit property reviews by April 17, and plans to mail notices by April 20 giving residents until May 12 to correct violations.
The Milford Beautification Committee on April 10 set its April enforcement priorities on visible yard maintenance and improperly stored or abandoned vehicles, and asked members to submit property reviews and photos by April 17 so courtesy letters can be mailed by April 20.
Lisa Thompson, identified in the meeting roll call as the committee administrator, told members she mailed eight courtesy letters in March for parking-related issues and has seen some prompt corrections. "I ended up mailing out 8 courtesy letters to residents just for parking issues," Thompson said, and asked that committee members return property-review forms with photos so staff can prepare letters.
Thompson said the committee intends to focus on conditions visible from the street: overgrown weeds taller than about 6 inches, accumulation of junk, and vehicles that appear abandoned, wrecked or dismantled. "We don't do anything with the backyards," she said, adding that registration status is not the committee's enforcement focus. Members and Thompson agreed to exercise judgment for vehicles that show active repair work (for example, cars up on jacks or clearly being worked on) versus those that appear abandoned.
The committee set a submission timeline to allow due process: members were asked to submit property reviews by April 17 so staff can mail notices by April 20; Thompson said that schedule "really gives them until May 12 to correct the violation." The administrator asked members to include the correct addresses and photos with their submissions, and said she will reference the specific code sections when sending letters.
Members also discussed outreach. Thompson confirmed that the committee had posted a Facebook flyer and that some mailings were being coordinated with other spring cleanup notices. Several members described practical issues encountered during inspections, including resident pushback when staff take photographs and damaged sidewalks caused by tree roots.
The committee did not adopt new ordinance language at the meeting; Thompson said she is working on revisions to the nuisance ordinance but had only limited progress to report.
The committee asked members to focus inspections on obvious, street-visible problems and to avoid intervening on matters beyond the committee's authority; members agreed to bring photos and completed review forms to staff by April 17 for processing.