closed #148067
Excessive Growth
401 E Cottage Grove AVE
- Case Date:
- 9/4/2015
Lawn is overgrown. Several trees are dead.
Lawn is overgrown. Several trees are dead.
Lawn has not been cut in weeks. James Ford.
Armchair sitting in front of house by the street for a week.
Trash bins being stored on sidewalk, NW corner of property on Grant.
Trash lying on sidewalk and strewn around north side of property.
Because this house is so close to the sidewalk, it is nearly impossible to see the E->W cross traffic on 9th Street when one is traveling south on Grant. An easy way to address this is to ask the owner to trim or remove the shrubs that are on the south side of the building. Of course, a better remedy would be to install a stop sign on 9th Street at this intersection, making it an 3-way (= All-way) stop.
This intersection is BLIND to travelers on Grant Street. The building on the NE corner abuts the sidewalk (who allowed this to be built there???), preventing a south-bound driver from seeing cars traveling west on 9th Street, and it's almost as bad for travelers heading north. If the building at 401 E. 9th is allowed to remain standing, there should be at least a stop sign on 9th Street, since it is so difficult to see oncoming traffic.
Recycling bin being stored on sidewalk
left furniture, debris, plastic, bed spring, and misc furniture is all in the yard.
There need to be more signs in the direction opposite one-way traffic that indicate "Wrong Way" or "No entry" for streets perpendicular to 6th Street. Too many people have been driving the wrong way down 6th Street and it is really dangerous. If a person is unfamiliar with the area, there is limited signage that indicates they are driving the wrong way down 6th until they come in contact with another car.