Sunday, October 28, 2012

List Of Properties Facing Nov. 4 Cleanup Deadline


Our Oct. 18 story on how to handle negligent property owners created quite an stir, due mostly to the accompanying pictures of homes whose owners have received cleanup notices from the Dorchester Village Board. 

We removed the photos within 24 hours of the story's posting based on a collective decision by the Times staff.  But we believe this issue is critical to the future of Dorchester and  it deserves our readers' attention.  Also, we strongly support the actions of the Village Board and believe the actions are serving as a model for other smaller communities to follow.

Next week will be an important one in the process of Dorchester's property cleanup.  The Village Board voted Oct. 1 to declare several properties in town as nuisances, giving owners a month to improve their properties to meet the community standards.  The deadline for this action is Nov. 4.  

Next Monday, Nov. 5, the board will meet again and determine what actions to take to address those properties that have not been cleaned up adequately.

Because we believe the entire community should be involved in this process -- and that the town's quality of life is at stake -- we have decided to publish the list of properties that have received a cleanup notice and are required to meet the Nov. 4 deadline.  (Why are we doing this? See our June 2007 editorial, "Want Cleaner Neighbors? Try Peer Pressure.")

Please note that this information is already public and was included in the Village Board minutes.

PROPERTIES DECLARED PUBLIC NUISANCES BY THE VILLAGE BOARD:

1012 Jefferson
1008 Jefferson
1002 Jefferson
1009 Franklin
306 West 10th
1009 Jefferson
1009 Stephens
604 West 9th
913 Stephens
912 Stephens
208 West 9th
803 Washington
813 Franklin
809 Jefferson
600 West 9th
605 West 9th
703 Stephens - Lot 5
712 Stephens
713 Jefferson
705 Washington N 1/2

10 comments:

  1. This is really great, we are seeing a improvement already.

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  2. My wife and me are going to drive around tonight and see if these properties are cleaned up or not

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  3. You guys just keep raking the muck - as if these people didn't know they got a notice. They are tax payers too and dint diserve to be harassed.

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  4. Clean up your mess and you won't get harassed, it's not like the mess is doing you any good anyway .

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  5. If making someone cleaning up there place is called harassement. Then it shouldnt been that way and they wouldn't of gotten a letter, pride in home and town, thats all its about. Whats wrong with having a clean up town, makes dorchester look nicer, if I do say so myself.

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  6. Jesus....enough already! These people have gotten their notice, they are probably attempting to straighten things out, they have until Nov. 4th....give them a break. If they don't get it straightened up by the 4th, then take it to the next level, but lay off, for the love of God!

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  7. Is Chris Farley back?

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  8. a tempest in a teapot. good god! get a life!

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  9. I think the prime minister of Great Britain once called the American colonists' uprising over the tea tax a "tempest in a tea pot" too.

    I think what's taking place in Dorchester as a pretty big deal.

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  10. Where are these addresses listed? Tucked into the inner Village limits? Why not site property visible from the main highway (33 & Washington?????). Village wants people to visit/move here yet not site property visible from the main inner section into town????

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