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Code Enforcement Committee sets March enforcement window; updates on Terryville Road, Broad Street, and property legal actions
Summary
Committee scheduled a multi-truck clean-and-lien operation for Terryville Road in early March, discussed enforcement and overnight parking options, and heard updates on a default motion at 267 Main, a Feb. 17 fix-and-lien at 138, and sprinkler/fire-alarm tampering at Broad Street properties.
The committee set a near-term enforcement window for several persistent blight issues and reviewed legal actions on troubled properties. Chair (speaker 2) and attorney Stieg (speaker 4) said the March 1–2 timeframe (snow dependent) is the target for a large clean-and-lien/tow operation on Terryville Road to remove unregistered and abandoned vehicles and clear a hazardous access lane. Attorney Stieg said the city negotiated an agreement with the owner that included a March inspection and that the owner agreed not to appeal the next clean-and-lien.
Lieutenant Hansen (speaker 7) and public-works staff discussed ticketing and overnight parking enforcement as part of a stepped approach; staff recommended third-shift sweeps and ticketing to identify cars that may be stored long-term. "We can start doing that, taking rides over there on third shift and ticketing cars that are parked in the street," Lieutenant Hansen said.
Separately, staff reported a fix-and-lien at 138 will go into effect on Feb. 17 to bring in a contractor to restore a second-floor egress stair and then lien the property if the owner does not comply; weekly citations of about $1,700 are being issued. For 267 Main Street, outside counsel has filed a motion for default and expects judgment in March unless the owner appears to answer or pays back taxes.
Committee members also reviewed Broad Street properties (550/575/580), where inspections uncovered possible tampering with fire-alarm wiring and disabled new fire pumps; staff said 550 is on a citation appeal list and 61 East Main was given 90 days to clean up and halt residential activity. Members instructed staff to continue compiling tenant lists and to pursue citation and structural-remediation steps as appropriate.
On relocation matters, staff (Bynum, speaker 5) said an additional tenant at 82 Lexington was deemed eligible for relocation through a state Fair Housing review; the relocation payout will be reduced to account for a three-week hotel stay, and the relocation fund is about 60% expended though it recently received a ~$5,000 lien recovery.
