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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #165473

Excessive Growth:

Other: This yard is all bamboo. The bamboo has grown out considerably into the street. and now some the stalks are completely parallel to the road and hang down considerably. Trucks would brush through it whenever. But cars just miss it, unless it rains when it actually is a bit dangerous hitting your car. The sidewalk in front of the house is impassable, too, with a lot of weed growth. Quite the neighborhood eyesore.

Reported By
Michael Shermis
Assigned to
John Hewett

Most tickets of this type should be closed within 9 days, although some cases may be longer. 1857 days have already passed.

History

9/13/2023 15:37:11 Closed by John Hewett

This case was assigned to HAND after years of being ignored in other departments. I will have the current NCO look at the area.

Sent notification to John Hewett, Michael Shermis
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=165473 Closed by John Hewett This case was assigned to HAND after years of being ignored in other departments. I will have the current NCO look at the area.

8/15/2023 16:03:00 Kyle Baugh assigned this case to John Hewett

Hi John, Staff is working on cleaning up the backlog of reports. Staff investigated and found that there is no longer any sidewalk obstruction but there is bamboo in the yard of the property.

Sent notification to John Hewett, Michael Shermis
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=165473 Kyle Baugh assigned this case to John Hewett You can use the link to follow progress on this case. Hi John, Staff is working on cleaning up the backlog of reports. Staff investigated and found that there is no longer any sidewalk obstruction but there is bamboo in the yard of the property.

3/4/2021 16:29:07 Karina Pazos assigned this case to Michael Stewart

Sent notification to Michael Stewart, Michael Shermis
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=165473 Karina Pazos assigned this case to Michael Stewart You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

7/1/2020 11:03:01 Michael Stewart commented on this case.

During the review of outstanding uReports, this was inspected and found to still be an issue. A NOV was sent to the property owner on 7/1/2020 for vegetation encroachment onto the sidewalk

Sent notification to Anonymous, Michael Shermis
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=165473 Michael Stewart commented on this case. During the review of outstanding uReports, this was inspected and found to still be an issue. A NOV was sent to the property owner on 7/1/2020 for vegetation encroachment onto the sidewalk

8/13/2018 09:10:28 Anonymous assigned this case to Anonymous

Sent notification to Anonymous, Michael Shermis
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=165473 Eric Sader assigned this case to Paul Kehrberg You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

8/13/2018 09:08:22 Anonymous assigned this case to Anonymous

Sent notification to Anonymous, Michael Shermis
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=165473 Anonymous assigned this case to Eric Sader You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

8/13/2018 09:08:22 Opened by Anonymous

Sent notification to Anonymous, Michael Shermis
https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=165473 Opened by Anonymous Dear Constituent: Thank you for submitting information to us via uReport. We value your input and hope that we will be able to address your questions and concerns. HAND neighborhood compliance officers will inspect the property and determine if the weeds, grass or plants are in violation of the Bloomington Municipal Code 6.06.070 (a). In the event of a violation, the neighborhood compliance officer will issue a Notice of Violation (NOV) to the property owners via first class mail and by placing a copy of the notice of violation on the property. The original Notice of Violation may be a warning or may include fines with a graduated scale from $50.00 - $150.00, and will be issued in accordance with Bloomington Municipal Code 6.06.070 (a). If the property is a rental property and it is the tenants' responsibility to maintain the lawn, the landlord must provide a copy of the signed lease to HAND during the initial seven days following the issuance of the NOV, otherwise the Landlord will remain responsible for paying the fine. After the Notice of Violation is issued, the property owner and/or tenant has seven (7) days to bring the property into compliance. If the property is not brought into compliance within the initial seven (7) days, the inspector may go to daily tickets. Please be mindful of this process while we work with your neighbors to resolve this issue. Thank you, HAND staff

1000 West 6th Street

CityBloomington
StateIN
Latitude39.167667388916
Longitude-86.54532623291

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StatusCase DateCategory
closed8/27/2018Excessive Growth