closed #70641
Excessive Growth
300 S Smith RD
- Case Date:
- 8/21/1996
Vacant house with trash & yard waste.
Vacant house with trash & yard waste.
Mr. Brummitt stated that the grass is very tall and the property looks like an eyesore.
Lots of litter between train tracks and Stephens Old-Honda property.
Trees and bushes overgrown into street causing line of sight issues. She thinks emergency vehicles would have trouble getting through. She was unsure about house number, but you should be able to see the problem.
Lot behind Rose & Walker has 2ft. tall grass.
weeds all along the east side of the building to the B-line trail up to the new bridge
By the warehouse along the Bline: The lack of adequate facilities for the homeless population in Bloomington, combined with all the overgrown vegetation, and potentially the use of the warehouse as a shelter, has resulted in ~ 10 cars being slept in overnight. That part is fine. However, there are no facilities for people to use the restroom, which results in the vegetation (behind the warehouse) and along the Bline being used as a latrine. Can Bloomington please pay attention to the homeless issue and take it seriously? Covid is not going away there must be facilities for people to use the restroom and throw away their rubbish. Currently, it's thrown all over the street on Hillside. Portland built tiny home communities to help with the homeless population, others offer hotel rooms, still other cities provide YMCA-type facilities. Bloomington continues to take this problem seriously and help this critical component of our community! With regard to restrooms in particular, given our current pandemic, safe and sanitary options for human waste are essential. We still do not know whether coronavirus can spread through human feces. Given that we live on karst topology, it is crucial that people aren't pooping outside (never mind walking through it and the horrid smell).
Susie said several vacant lots in the 300 block of south walnut are overgrown.