closed #184863
Excessive Growth
1004 W Kirkwood AVE
- Case Date:
- 8/1/2023
Bamboo at the side of the house is growing into neighbors yard.
Bamboo at the side of the house is growing into neighbors yard.
Property is regularly overgrown with invasive, noxious plants such as tree of heaven. Parker management openly admits that they do not regularly mow or shovel sidewalks for their properties, and will only do so if they receive a complaint. We hope that HAND chooses to issue fines rather than warnings for this company's rentals. They know better, but just choose to disregard responsibility and decency.
Property is so overgrown with invasive, noxious plants along alley that a tree is now leaning and is in contact with electric service wires. Also, utility pole on SE corner of lot has vines growing up near the transformer and just a few feet away from high voltage distribution lines. Property owner has let the entire property degrade so that what was once a good example of 1890s architecture is now a hovel/shack that is an embarrassment for the entire neighborhood.
As has been reported before (#176415, #177627, #184577), the invasive plants on the NE corner of the property along Cottage Grove have grown out so far that they completely block the sidewalk.
Tree has poison ivy and *many* other invasives growing around and up the trunk.
Tenant states that the grass is waist high in some areas of property. Also trash around dumpster
caller stated grass was "8 feet high"
Grass is overgrown. It is at least a foot tall.