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New Britain residents have formed a grassroots volunteer movement called "New Britain Pride - Imagine." Our goal is to clean up the city by picking up litter, painting over graffiti, planting flowers and establishing community gardens. This is about bringing neighbors together to restore pride in the city and build a stronger community. Let's make New Britain a beautiful place to live. Join us on Facebook for more info and to lend a hand: www.NewBritainPrideImagine.com

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Still not resolved. Someone recently discarded a large piece of furniture on the sidewalk in front of the property. It is NOT my responsibility to remove it. A tree cutting company recently used the lot as a dumping ground for wood chips. The out of town owners don't seem to care. Neither does the city.

Mark -- I saw your post and just emailed the Mayor inquiring what can be done about this. I also invite you to join forces with us as we have similar goals and vision to clean up the city. We are a newly-formed grassroots movement of neighbors, rolling up our sleeves to do whatever we can to take ownership of our neighborhoods, and we need help from people like yourself. We're having a fundraiser dinner on Sat. Jan. 12 at the Pulaski Club, 89 Grove St., New Britain to raise money for cleanup and awareness of our cause. Please join us. Email me at: lynnsgardenofeden@gmail.com for more info. Thanks.

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Five months and nothing done about it. The sidewalk in front of this property has not never been shoveled either. Half of it remains obstructed by snow.

Still nothing done. A portion of the hillside has sloughed off and onto the sidewalk. Much landscaping/tree cutting debris remains. Trash is a constant problem. I wonder if these guys have paid their the taxes on the property?

Issue still remains unresolved. The city takes no action.

Hi Mark! When I met with the mayor in January I completely forgot to mention this issue to him. I don't think his office is looking at this site, so its futile to use it for complaints. Have you tried calling the phone number they published for reporting blight?

I sent an email to the city department that addresses these types of issues on Friday, June 21st. The lot is overgrown and the grassy area between the sidewalk and curb has weeds as high as four feet. I've cut the grass on a portion of the land adjacent to my driveway just for appearances sake. The owners have not cut the grass/weeds at all this year which is no surprise given the fact they also did not bother with removing the snow off the sidewalk all winter long either. I'm thinking of taking the land by via adverse possession. The owners don't seem to care.

The lot itself remains overgrown but someone finally came out and cut back the weeds and overgrowth on both sides of the sidewalk. There is still a portion of the hillside that sloughed off over a utility manhole which they failed to clean up however.

The fix was temporary. The lot is fully overgrown and the area bordering the sidewalk is once again being overrun with weeds and debris. I walk this site once a week just to pick up the trash that people indiscriminately toss aside otherwise the lot would smell like the city dump. And that's what this lot looks like...a freakin' DUMP!

Several months ago I requested that the awful graffiti (eye sore) be removed in the area of South St. & Stanley St. I am happy to say that the community homes & businesses have removed all of the graffiti that was done to there property. I wish we were able to confront those who do this and have them pay for this. But it looks so much better, thank you all.

How is it my issue is closed by someone else? Lot is still overgrown and the sidewalk is slowly disappearing under the emerging weeds once again. NOT closed in my opinion!

Katie: You closed the wrong issue. Why?

Mark;
The city has its own citizen complaint portal, it can be found at the following link: http://viewnforce.cloudapp.net/LoginPage.aspx?tid=17. It is in work but is maintained and monitored by health and building inspectors. The link can also be found in the footer of the New Britain website at http://www.newbritainct.gov/.

I tried that citizen complaint portal this morning and after going through all the trouble to register when I tried to file a complaint about the lot next door I got an "Invalid address" message. So a lot of good that did me. By the way, I got the address from the city.

The way the form is set up it actually DISCOURAGES use.

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It's Friday morning (10/25) and I notice that the lot is once again being used as a dumping ground for a commercial tree cutting service. There are new piles of wood chips along with the existing piles of branches and tree stumps that have been brought in from offsite. None of this debris was generated at the lot itself. The debris is being dumped by a company called Top Notch Tree Service out of Plainville and it is owned by Neil Cyr. My question to the city is "Why is a commercial company allowed to use a vacant lot in a residential area as a dumping ground?" I would think this is a violation of some ordinance and that the company should be compelled to come in and remove all the debris it has dumped illegally on the lot.

The landscape business came back and dumped more wood chips. What if someone set them on fire? Would that get the city's attention?

I'd like to share some pictures with you of the lot next door that is owned by two very upstanding guys who DON'T live in New Britain and could care less about how their property looks.

Piles of wood chips dumped in the lot.

Portions of a large tree the landscaping company took down at the corner of Corbin Avenue and Steele Street. Rather than haul it away they dumped it here. At least two, maybe three piles.

The sidewalk slowing being overtaken by the hillside that continues to slide over it. See how the sidewalk starts to narrow at this point?

As I look out my window this morning I see that more wood chips have been dumped in the empty lot next door and possibly two new sections of a tree trunk (20" diameter). It must be nice having a place to dump debris so close to where one is working. This has to be illegal.

Friday, Nov. 8th, 2013. One of the owners of the lot, both of whom live in Southington, has decided to park his boat in New Britain for the winter. Is this to become a used boat lot now?

The company doing the dumping is....

Top Notch Tree Service, LLC.
860-747-5123 (Bus.)

The lot is listed as 59 Black Rock Avenue. One of the owners is Richard Magnoli. The other is an architect by the name of Dave but I don't have his last name (yet).

They ought to put a sign out "Used Boat Lot." A second boat was delivered to the site today (11/11/13) some time in the early afternoon. As it turns out the boats are owned by Neil Cyr who is NOT the owner of the lot. What's next?

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I contacted the Building Department November 22nd and asked for an inspector to come out and take a look at the property next door (59 Black Rock Avenue). It took them a while and after having done so one would think I'd get the courtesy of a call. Nobody called. So I called them on Friday, December 13th. I was told the inspect that came out consider the lot to be in its natural setting (whatever the heck that means) and no action was going to be taken against the owners. I guess when you are a lawyer and architect living in high brow Southington it's OK to treat the land you own in New Britain like the town dump. So much for improving the image of the city I suppose.

Although I left a message for the inspector to call me (last week) as of 12/21/13 I did not hear from him.

Wrote a letter to the Mayor two weeks ago regarding this lot. Did I mention that the city plows the sidewalk after we have a snowstorm? The owners never come out and do anything. I'll be checking to see if the city has placed a lien against the property and if they haven't I'll make a point of speaking at an upcoming Common Council meeting. The amount of trash that piles up in front of this lot is disgusting. The city is populated by pigs.

The city has finally stopped plowing the sidewalk if front of this property for free. Now if I can only get them to send a letter to the owners reminding them it is THEIR responsibility to clear the sidewalk. The two boats on the lot are buried under a mound of snow. Too bad. It may take until June to get rid of all the snow.

I was contacted on 2/19/14 by someone in the Parks Department. I was told they are the ones clearing the walk in front of the property next door and from in front of the retaining wall that backs up against the state highway. If I call the police department I can ask that a summons be issued to the owners for not clearing the sidewalk.

It only took a year but someone, I don't know who, cut down most of the overgrowth on the lot and along the sidewalk on Thursday, June 12th. Of course they left debris all over the sidewalk. Why bothering cleaning up right? The two boats are still there...ugly eyesores as they are. Maybe one of them will get struck by lightning in a thunderstorm today. I can only hope.

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Called the Building Department today (9/25/14) and thanked them for sending the first letter but informed them the owners, or whoever left the three piles of debris, were being complete dicks. The case is still considered open so an inspector will be sent out yet again and they will be told to clear the sidewalk. I also told them about the tarp that was left behind. I can't wait until winter gets here and the snow starts falling. Every storm is going to generate another call when they fail to clear the sidewalk.

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Almost a month since I last updated this entry. Just wanted to post a picture of what the owner accomplished in October. Remember what he said about clearing the lot and making it look presentable? Well the result was this...

Like that picture? It's the tarp the boat owner left behind when he removed the last boat. The lot has not been cleared and graded as Dave said he was going to do. It boils down to this...you can't take either one of the owners at their words because simply put, they are both liars. While I hate winter I can't wait until the first real good snowstorm. I'll give them 24 hours (generous of me) to clear the sidewalk then I'll call Public Works and report them. If that brings no result I'll call the Building Department and the NBPD too. Why can two out-of-town property owners ignore the ordinance regarding snow removal and get away with it?

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Remember that very heavy wet snow we got back on the day before Christmas? Well the owners of the vacant lot did not clear the sidewalk but the City of New Britain did. Well it was the Parks and Rec Department that actually did the clearing and for FREE! Do you get your sidewalk cleared by the city? I certainly don't. So, I called Public Works on December 12th and inquired where I could sign up for this free service. I had to leave a message but much to his credit M.C. (I won't divulge his full name) called me back and confirmed that Park & Rec clears the walk because it is easier for them to start at the driveway of Achieve Financial, clear the sidewalk in front of the concrete retaining wall that backs up to Route 372 and continue on until they get to the light pole to the right of our driveway where they exit out onto the street. And they do it at no charge to the property owners. How nice of them! I informed M.C. that the city is plowing a sidewalk that is on private property and should not be doing that. He said he would inform Park & Rec, Public Works and the city attorney's office. To his credit he gave me his phone number and extension and said I can call him if the property owners fail to shovel their walk within 24 hours of the end of a snowstorm. I told him I'll be contacting him soon. You know the city sends a letter giving owners 7 days to remove the snow? What a farce! 7 days plus the time it takes to type up and send the letter. What a slow, dumb way of doing things.

Issue opened 871 days.

Yes, I know. And it will remain open as long as we have property owners, like these two, who do not behave in a responsible manner. If this property were next door to where either owner lives in Southington do you think they would sit quietly by and do or say nothing? Do you think the town of Southington would put up with these conditions and level of irresponsibility? I highly doubt it.

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Over the weekend of January, 10th the landscaping service spent a considerable amount of time cutting up and removing the large sections of tree trunks that had been on the property for the past three years. I have no idea what prompted this action. One less eyesore to look at.

Up until the snowstorm of 1-27-15 most of the snow we've gotten has been in the 2-4 inch range so I did not bother to file a formal complaint against the owners of this property for not clearing their sidewalk. However, in light of the 8-10" of snow we just got I thought it justified. So early Wednesday morning (1-28-15) I fired off an email to the person at city hall who takes care of sending letters to negligent property owners asking him to notify the owners they are in violation of the snow removal ordinance. I did hear back from him (Thank you MC) and look forward to what happens next. Park and Rec still cleared a portion of their sidewalk after the previous snow fall of 4" about a week ago. Hey! Park & Rec. Why don't you clear my sidewalk too? By the way, mother nature may have left 8-10" of snow on my front sidewalk but the Public Works Department deposited another 12" (three passes by a plow). Just want to thank them for dumping more snow on me than mother nature. And why does the driver who does our street go 45 mph when I was told they are supposed to only be doing 25?

Another week and another snowstorm. This one was on Monday, Feb. 2nd and it left several inches of snow. I was going to give the owners of the empty lot next door a full 24 hours before reporting them for not clearing their walks but something surprising happened. Someone, not sure exactly who, came out on Tuesday and shoveled a path (a snow shovel's width) from end to end. Now, was this person one of the owners? And if so were they responding perhaps to a letter from the city telling them they must clear the walk. I emailed MC today to find out if a letter was sent but did not hear back from him yet. I'll keep you posted.

The city continues to remove snow from the sidewalk in front of this property for FREE. My attempts to get them to stop and/or bill the property owners for the cost have been met with failure. Are there any other property owners who would like their sidewalks cleared for free? Call city hall and get put on the list. LoL

As far as I can determine the City of New Britain, by way of the Park & Rec Department, was responsible for clearing the sidewalk in front of this property for most of the winter. It does not appear that the property owners were billed for this service either. So a municipality that is struggling with balancing its budget somehow can spare the manpower and expense of removing snow from a sidewalk on private property. I'd call that poor decision making. What would you call it?

Welcome to New Britain's municipal dump. Lot is overgrown. Weeds along sidewalk are half way between ankle and knee high. Someone dumped some trash in the back of the lot. The tarp that covered one of the boats lies torn up on the ground and city officials continue to ignore the problem. Ain't life grand?

Lot continues to be overgrown and neglected. The city, bless their little hearts, decided to mow half the tall weeds down that were growing between the sidewalk and the curb. I wish I could get FREE service too. I wonder who you have to bribe?

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On Monday, August 31st, someone finally cut the overgrown weeds along the property side of the sidewalk. They failed to clean it all up properly however. Perhaps it was the city? I can't believe it was the property owners as they are two of the most irresponsible people I've met despite their claims to the contrary. Now picking up the garbage that accumulates along the street side of the property will be a little easier.

No changes to the lot. Still overgrown and not maintained in the least. I continue to pick up trash along the sidewalk on a weekly basis. It will be interesting to see what happens this winter. I wonder which city department will come out and plow the sidewalk for free? Will it be Public Works or the Parks' Department? I doubt that the city has placed a lien against the property for plowing the sidewalk in the past. These guys seem to qualify for FREE snowplowing services even though they do not live in the city. It's almost as though they are receiving "special consideration".

Issue remains unresolved due to the inaction of the city. While they will cut the grass along the sidewalk in the summer, and plow the snow from the sidewalk in the winter the city hasn't put any liens against the property. I think the owners, who live out of town, are getting preferential treatment that those of us who live within the city limits do not get. Why this is I can only sepulate. What does it take to get city officials to look the other way?

That should have been "speculate".

Maybe if the owners of the lot maintained it once in awhile I might close the issue but I can't. Sorry. I even offered one of the two scumbags $5000 for the lot. Of course he wanted to take the moneybut only for his HALF of the lot. Seems they paid the city $10,150 for the left over piece of state land and wanted to recoop the entire amount if sold. BS to that I say. They bought a piece of property that my brother-in-law and I maintained without remuneration for over three decades and turned it into an ugly, trash and debris filled scar on Black Rock Avenue and for that I'm supposed to reimburse them exactly what they paid for it? No way. It would take me an additional $5000 to clear, grade, and seed the lot plus put in some plantings (arborvitae) along the street line. They can KMA.

Someone in the city of New Britain is being bribed.

Within the time period of 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. this morning, Sunday, January 24th, a department of public works green and yellow, John Deere tractor, with a sand spreader on the back, cleared the sidewalk of the lot next door (again...for free) and dumped a goodly amount of snow mixed with dirt and leaves at the end of our driveway across its full width and in the street as well. THANK YOU DPW! The next time it happens someone (the director) is going to find a five gallon pail of snow dumped on the carpet of his office.

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Leave the issue open and stop blocking comments.

Still active.

Still blighted. Keep issue open.

New Britain's finest dump is still open for business.

Public Works came by last week and cut the weeds down that were growing between the sidewalk and the curb AND then they cleaned it all up! Where do I sign up for free service like that?

Sir it is called the Clean and Lien program. This program sanctions the city to emaculate blighted property and withal puts a lien on the property. It is not free!

@Guest: While the city may indeed have a Clean and Lien program I can assure it of two things.

1. The city has NEVER cleaned out the property in question. The one and only time anyone other than myself cleaned the property was well over 20 years ago and it was the state D.O.T. I was told then by the supervisor is charge that it would not happen again because the state did not have the time, manpower or budget to maintain excess state property taken as part of building Route 372.

2. The city removes snow in the winter from the sidewalk and cuts down the weeds growing between the curb and the sidewalk for free. There are NO liens currently against this property by the city or any other federal, state or municipal entity.

You have no cause to be closing my issue since you don't live to nor do you do anything to maintain the property next door to ours so shut up.

THE ISSUE REMAINS OPEN!

Leave this issue OPEN as it is still ongoing.

I walked down the sidewalk in front of the property this morning and it is choked with weeds, brush and a fallen tree on both sides. Garbage thrown on the hillside is buried in the overgrowth and something stinks (a dead animal?). The lot is now overgrown with locust trees and brush and there are at least two trees from the highway right-of-way that have fallen over onto the chain link fence in the rear of the property. The owners do not maintain the lot. The city cuts the grass along the curb for them at no charge. No one other than myself picks up the garbage that people carelessly discard as they walk by.

I offered to buy the property from one of the two owners a couple of years ago but he wanted full price. I am not going to pay them what they bought the property for from the city given the condition that it is currently in. It will cost a few thousand dollars to clean the property up and put in some plantings.

The city continues to bend over backwards for the owners. Someone must be getting a nice little payoff for ignoring the issue.

This is the eight foot strip of land I maintain spring through fall so that the weeds, brush and trees covering the lot don't extend to the edge of our driveway and reflect negatively on our property. Previous to being bought by Dave and Richard we maintained the lot for almost three decades when first the state D.O.T. and then the city owned the property. Owned but never maintained.

We maintain this corner where once a 60 foot tall evergreen tree grew. The weeds grow so high they block the view when backing down the driveway. Much safer for us and our tenants. We also cut the grass/weeds between the sidewalk and curb in the summer and clear the snow during the winter up to the light pole opposite the concrete curb.

The weed choked sidewalk. The weeds on the hillside grow so tall they bend under their own weight and block half the walk. Once they topple over they cover the sidewalk and make passage difficult.

A landscaping company uses the lot as a dumping ground. This tree did not grow on the hillside despite the cut end that points towards the street. All the dead limbs were illegally dumped as well. The city doesn't seem to care.

As long as the city continues to ignore the problem the issue will remain open.

Sidewalk still partial blocked by the overgrowth of weeds on the hillside.

One correction. The owners bought the property from the state D.O.T. in 2001 not from the city.

Blight reported last week and an inspector from the Building Department called me today (9/6/16) to say he was meeting Wednesday (9/7/16) with one of the owners (David W.) to discuss what needs to be done to clean up the lot. I'll believe it when I see it.

The sidewalk is overgrown with weeds, there is trash of all sorts (plastic bottles, cans, styrofoam food containers, fast food bags, plastic bags, a pair of sneakers and yesterday someone dropped off a bag of used clothing...left it right there on the sidewalk in the weeds. Someone (a landscaping company no doubt) dumped a large tree and quite a few branches on the lot as well.

That aside I went to the Town Clerk's office this past Friday and searched the online land records. I discovered the owners haven't paid their property taxes since 2012 and the city has a lien filed for every year since then (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016). The amounts range from a low of $984 to a high of $1342. Doesn't the city assess a 1% or 1.5% penalty each month the amount remains outstanding? If you owe $1000 and haven't paid it for five years, compounded, that really starts to add up. They probably owe more than the lot is worth at this point. There is at least one lien for $90 dated 3/26/15 that must be for snow removal too.

Why do people who own property in the city but live out of town think this type of behavior is perfectly acceptable?

LEAVE THE ISSUE OPEN!

Last night (9/6/16) two men showed up (not sure who they were) and they proceeded to cut the overgrown weeds on both sides of the sidewalk. After they finished and drove away I went and had a look. They left three big piles of cuttings along with all the trash that had been caught up in the weeds on the curb. I guess they assumed cleaning up was not required. Small trees they had cut down were tossed onto the hillside. Not what I would call a "good job". I wonder what the inspector said to put the fear of God in them thus motivating them to come out the night before he was to meet with the owner? Problem? What problem? See...there are no weeds overgrowing the sidewalk Mr. Inspector sir. Someone must have been pulling your leg. Yeah....right.

BTW...I have before and after pictures plus a couple that I took of the two men who did the work. For posterity's sake.

Please leave the issue open as this property will continue to be an eyesore at this end of Black Rock Avenue. Neither of the owners show any willingness to be a good neighbor and if this property was adjacent to either one of their homes in Southington they would be after the town to do something about it complaining that the condition of the lot was bringing down the value of their homes. Needless to say that since the property is located in New Britain they don't give a @#$%.

Issue remains unresolved. Looking forward to watching the city plow the sidewalk next door for free. Rarely does the city file a lien. This lot should be officially designated a satellite dumping area for trash given what I've picked up on a weekly basis. Owners are completely irresponsible.

Lot is used as a garbage dump and the city doesn't care. Keep the issue open.

During the one and only snow event we have had thus far the city cleared about 25% of the sidewalk in front of this property and left the rest. Mother nature finished the job but it took her ten full days in which time the owners never once came out to do anything about clearing the sidewalk. Pedestrians had to walk in the street. These guys must be bribing someone at city hall to look the other way. How else would you explain the city's lack of interest?

It's 9:58 a.m. on Tuesday morning the 24th of January, 2017. I just watched as a City of New Britain plow (small one) drove up onto my sidewalk then proceeded to clear the entire 150 ft. plus sidewalk of the property next door. Yeah, the property the city does not own and is privately owned by the architect and lawyer from Southington. How much does it cost to pay someone off at city hall these days anyway? I can't get the city to fix a pot hole or paint over graffiti but they can somehow find the time, money and manpower, not to mention the equipment and the gasoline to run it to clear the sidewalk for two guys that have to be forced to come out in the summer just to cut down the three foot high weeds. It sure must be nice to have someone else do the job of removing snow for you. Stay at home all cozy and snug and have a nice day. No need to get up and deal with a few well packed heavy inches of sleet. What a freakin life. And as I type this a city snow plow (the big one) comes by and dumps a truckload of sleet into the end of my driveway which I finally cleared at 8:00 a.m. Go figure. Must be my reward for paying my taxes on time each year.

Remember the three inches of snow we got on Tuesday night? Well a small plow owned and operated by a city worker came by and cleared the entire sidewalk from property corner to property corner. Let me ask anyone who reads this one simple question. Did the city of New Britain public works department come out to your property and plow your sidewalk?

That aside, for a few hours each of the past two weekends I have felled small locust trees growing at the top of the hill abutting the sidewalk. These trees overhang the sidewalk in the summer making it difficult to use the sidewalk. In the process I have picked up and discarded the following garbage found on the hillside: candy wrappers, clothing (a pair of pants and some socks), beer bottles, liquor bottles, "nips", cigarette packs, broken glass, rocks, rotten tree limbs, food wrappers, paper plates, plastic water and juice bottles, soda and beer cans, napkins, plastic utensils, paper, envelopes, newspaper circulars, and assorted pieces of plastic, cardboard, bubble wrap and glass. It's like living next to a municipal dump not to mention all the dog$#!+ that people who walk their dogs in front of the property leave behind. The city turns a blind eye to all of this.

Thursday, Feb 9th was the first really big snowstorm of the season with upwards of 12" of snow. In the morning of the 9th I observed a city operated plow clear the sidewalk of the property next door (vacant lot). The next day, late in the morning, one of the two owners (Dave - the architect) came out a cleared a path down the entire length of the sidewalk one shovel's width wide. He said he would return on Saturday to widen it but he never did. On Sunday we got four more inches of snow.

This morning (Feb. 13th) I got up at 2 a.m. to clear the end of my driveway and noticed that the embankment of snow in front of our sidewalk had been pushed over and the sidewalk that was cleared as of 6.p.m. last night was now fully covered in snow and frozen sleet. I think whoever plows the property directly across the street pushed the snow from the front yard (where one or two cars will park over the winter) across the street and into the mound of snow left by the city plows. I don't consider this being a good neighbor.

I've noticed several large piles of cut branches on the lot as of late. Perhaps a landscaping company is using the lot as a place to dump tree trimming debris?

10:45 a.m. on 3/10/17 - Just saw a small city plow drive down the sidewalk of the vacant lot next door despite there being only an inch and a half of snow and school was cancelled. Don't know how the city missed clearing my sidewalk. I'll have to call and ask,

Why does my comment have to be held by a moderator? Is telling the truth now that we have a fake president a crime?

Ah, the blizzard of March 14th, 2017. A small city plow just drove up onto the sidewalk in front of the empty lot next door (10:25 a.m.) and started clearing snow in the middle of the snowstorm. That's your tax dollars going to pay to clear the snow off of a piece of privately owned property. Don't you wish you qualified for such special treatment? I've got a couple of pictures just before the plow left the road and climbed up onto the sidewalk just so when the owner says he cleared it himself (Lie #1) or the city says they never cleared it (Lie #2) I can prove them both wrong.

On Sunday the 23rd of March my wife and I cleaned up the garbage in front of the lot next door. The final haul filled two 5-gallon buckets and most of a 30-gallon trash can. It included clothing, beer bottles and cans, liquor bottles, water and juice bottle, soda cans, leftover food, plastic utensils, napkins and bags from McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Dunkin Donuts. Also picked up were straws, coffee cups and stirrers, candy wrappers, bags from potato chips, broken glass, a disposable lighter, dirty diaper, cardboard, envelopes, school worksheets, a sneaker, numerous plastic bags and many pieces of broken plastic from a recent car accident including and entire headlight assembly with turn signal. It's like living next to the city dump. Oh, and I almost forgot....an eight foot long by two foot wide of corrugated plastic siding. What a haul.

Please keep the issue open. Soon enough it will be time to once again contact the city to report the presence of weeds over growing the sidewalk making passage nearly impossible. But what else is new. The two dead beat owners continue to ignore their responsibilities and the city could care less until such time as someone calls to complain despite the fact that this has been a chronic condition of this property since the time it was privately purchased. Must be time for another trash pick up too by now. Empty beer cans, food wrappers, and cigarette packages litter the hillside.

I contacted the city about the overgrown, weed choked, sidewalk on Friday the 26th of May but no action has been taken. I cut back about eight feet of weeds and grass myself that were adjacent to our driveway so we can see approaching traffic when backing out.

FYI - The actual address for the vacant piece of property is 59 not 61 Black Rock Avenue.

Someone came out last night and cut the weeds between the curb and sidewalk and also a few feet up the hillside. However, they left several piles of clippings/cuttings along the sidewalk, did not sweep up and any trash that people threw into the overgrowth that was found was then thrown into the street. The people that own the property are pigs. There is no other way to describe it. I called Mr. Bianca of the building department to thank him for getting someone to come out and I also mentioned the mess they left behind. One of these days I will pick up what was left behind, drive over to Southington and dump it on one or both of the owner's front lawns. Let's see how they like that.

I guess they got the message. The four large piles of cuttings were removed from the sidewalk on Saturday. Some garbage was still left behind not that the owners really care. If I don't keep on their case they wouldn't do anything at all.

Lot remains an eyesore. Weeds growing alongside sidewalk and numerous pieces of trash on hillside and along curb. Leave issue open.

Still a garbage dump. Keep issue open.

I had to go online last Friday (Aug 25) to report a blighted condition (weed choked sidewalk) yet again. It appears that someone came out and cut down the weeds Thursday (Aug 31) but they left a mess. However, the sidewalk was at least cleaned off a couple of hours later so people can now once again use the sidewalk and not have to walk in the road. The owners would have ignored the problem unless I called. They are both irresponsible. And this has been an ongoing problem from the time they purchased the property from the city. Why did they even bother?

Still a problem the city continues to ignore for the most part. Leave issue open.

Please leave issue open. As long as the property continues to be owned by these two losers there will always be an issue.

Winter is coming John Snow. Leave issue open as I expect the owners to continue ignoring the problem.

The property was bought more than 10 years ago from the city as it was excess land left over from the construction of Route 72. And since that time the owners have done little or nothing to improve it despite claiming they were going to build a multi-family house on the property. How long does it take to get a mortgage?

City now takes it upon themselves to plow the sidewalk and as an excuse they say its done for the safety of the equipment and its operator to start at Achieve Financial and end at our driveway as they have committed to clearing the sidewalk on the state property that abuts this parcel. One problem is this lets the owners completely off the hook when it comes to snow removal. In our words they get a free pass while the rest of us bust our humps to clear our own sidewalks. The other problem is the operator ends up dumping snow and ice at the foot of our driveway as he ends his pass. This is what happened during the first snowstorm of the season back on Saturday/Sunday, December 9th and 10th.

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