228 N. Sheffield has had a commercial trash container (big metal bin) in front driveway for what seems like years now. Surely this has to get removed at some point? It's industrial and the size of a driveway.
Next week the Roger's School will start. The school, since August of 2021, has instructed parents to drop off and pick up students to and from the parents' vehicles by using the 1st St entrance off S High St to the Faculty and Staff parking area. This is a drive-through use which is not allowed in the MI zone. Variance V-17-14 addressed this issue stating that the central area to the east of Rogers School was to be used for student drop off and pick up and that the west parking area was to be used by only the Faculty and Staff. This was clearing stated in both the Planning Staff report and testimony as well as the MCCSC representatives' letters and under oath testimony. This restriction of no student drop off and pickup in the west parking area was a continuation of the policy that MCCSC agreed to with the City several years earlier. The west parking area has a gate and signs that limit access to Faculty and Staff only. In August of 2021, MCCSC and Roger's School started to allow student drop off and pickup in the west parking area has a Covid related safety issues. The Roger's Principal stated that this drop off and pickup policy would be temporary. The Covid issue is no longer relevant but the drop off and pickup continues. As a result, at the school start and end times, S High St is often backed up to the 2nd and Maxwell Streets intersections. E 1st street is backed up past Clifton and the driveways on 1st Street are blocked. I ask the City to enforce the UDO and the variance statements. Student drop off and pickup by parents in vehicles should be restricted to the central area only. This was the plan as stated by the City and MCCSC and is consistent with not allowing drive-throughs in the MI zone.
Ginormous patch of invasive knotweed growing on roadside on S Patterson between Allen and Second Street. It's even growing between the road and the bridge. Knotweed is a curse, much much worse than wintercreeper, multi-flora rose, garlic mustard, or bradford pear. Next thing, it'll be all over the banks of our creeks, lakes, and wetlands and we won't be able to do a damned thing about it. And breaking the roadway and bridge.
What is happening in the pond across from 301 Pete Ellis Drive. Lots of dead fish can be seen floating in it. Can you investigate?
Please don't lose to the myths being put out about duplexes in town. Core neighborhoods are core for a reason - that is where individuals can be good for the environment and their pocketbooks by having shorter commutes. Plexes also save residents money on utilities. Both are housing costs too. And the notion that single family homes are somehow cheaper than plexes is backwards. Homes in poor condition may be cheap but square foot for square foot of the same quality plexes will always win out. So many other myths too. Keep doing what you need to in order to build smart for our future.
Are there any codes or ordinances about what you can build in your backyard in a subdivision? If so, does the attached photo of said eyesore illegally fall under any municipal codes?
Christian nationalist 'we buy houses'signs continue to be scattered at City intersections. Get rid of them!
913 W Graham Dr. Too many people living at this house. Loud, reckless neighbors. City buses run down Graham Dr and can barely squeeze between all the cars they have parked on the side of the road. Easily 10+ people living in one single family home. We are just requesting that authorities look in to if this is legal and perhaps ask if they can remove all the vehicles from in the road.
Citizen called to complain about the person at 3644 E. Third St. (in Hoosier Acres) having garage sales every 7 to 10 days. This is more than the three that are allowed to be held in one calendar year. The caller wishes to remain anonymous. Thank you.
Cross Walk on 10th Street in front of Kelley. The city and IU buses use the bus lanes in front of the library, past the crosswalk. The private apartment buses have turned the crosswalk into a bus stop. The students wait there. A bus pulls up, stops to load/unload. Pedestrians wanting to cross are blocked and back up. East-bound cars are backed up. The bus will sometimes wait if they see one of their clients coming down the sidewalk. Stops range from 15 sec to 45 seconds. Once the bus moves, the pedestrian backlog has to get across. The walkway, while necessary, is obviously a bottleneck. Having a private bus stop and block it for no reason only adds to the problem. Make the private buses (and their riders) walk up to the bus pull off lanes like everyone else. The back up on 10th street is already at a failing level. There is no reason to let private apartment transit buses make it worse.