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Resident urges Brooklawn council to enforce landlord registration, fix blocked easements and trash problems
Summary
During public comment, resident Ian Heiser urged the borough to enforce property-maintenance rules and the landlord-registration law after weeks-long trash, blocked easements and concerns about absentee landlords and tenant behavior in his neighborhood.
Ian Heiser, a resident who said he lives at 21 South Avenue near Brook Circle, told the council that neighbors’ trash cans have been left in the street for weeks, easements and fire lines are blocked, and absentee landlords and new tenants often fail to follow local maintenance rules. “Their trash cans are out for weeks,” Heiser said, describing litter and leaves that he said are clogging gutters and storm drains.
Heiser asked the borough to step up enforcement and communication to landlords and tenants. Council members noted a landlord-registration law exists that requires owners to file a contact statement with the municipal clerk, but officials acknowledged enforcement and compliance can be difficult to compel and that property owners do not always update records when tenants change.
Council members and staff discussed practical next steps raised during the public comment period: mailing a notice explaining landlord obligations, using the schools and other channels to identify rentals, and considering fines or penalties for noncompliance. Staff also suggested more proactive field checks by public works and police to identify repeat problem properties. No formal enforcement action was recorded during the meeting; councilors asked staff to explore outreach and enforcement options and to report back to a future meeting.
The public-comment period closed by motion after Heiser’s remarks.
