Property Maintenance Code Violations

Following is a list of 88 properties cited for overcrowding violations in a July 2007 Open Public Records Act response from the Department of Public Works.

1. 4 Howard St.
2. 8 Pearl St.
3. 9 Jennings Lane
4. 17 Regent St.
5. 20 Somerset Place
6. 22 Regent St.
7. 23 Fairview Ave.
8. 23 Harrison Ave.
9. 24 Jackson Ave.
10. 24 Washington Ave.
11. 24 Willow Ave.
12. 27 Harrison Ave.
13. 27 Willow Ave.
14. 28 Whitewood Ave.
15. 30 Regent St.
16. 31 Somerset Place
17. 33 Lincoln Place
18. 33 Willow Ave.
19. 35 Craig Place
20. 35 Geraud Ave.
21. 36 Harmony St.
22. 36 Myrtle Ave.
23. 37 Grove St.
24. 38 Lincoln Place
25. 39 Willow Ave.
26. 40 Duer St.
27. 45 Prospect Place
28. 48 Lincoln Place
29. 49 Glen Court
30. 53 Fairview Ave.
31. 59 Myrtle Ave.
32. 60 Summit Ave.
33. 60 Sycamore Ave.
34. 64 Washington Ave.
35. 65 Grandview Ave.
36. 68 Sunset Road
37. 70 Manning Ave.
38. 89 Belmont Ave.
39. 90 Grove St.
40. 91 Manning Ave.
41. 94 Grandview Ave.
42. 97 Rockview Ave.
43. 121 Mountain Ave.
44. 123 Sycamore Ave.
45. 127 Sycamore Ave. 
46. 148 Westervelt Ave.
47. 151 Brook Ave.
48. 151 Center St.
49. 151 Sandford Ave.
50. 153 Delacy Ave.
51. 153 Westervelt Ave.
52. 154 Manning Ave.
53. 161 Brook Ave.
54. 164 Greenbrook Road
55. 184 Mali Drive
56. 193 Glenside Place
57. 230 North Jackson Ave.
58. 238 Duer St.
59. 238 Grove St.
60. 239 Brook Ave.
61. 267 Somerset St.
62. 279 Greenbrook Road
63. 287 Manning Ave.
64. 303 Tremont Ave.
65. 311 West End Ave.
66. 330 Manning Ave.
67. 374 Somerset St.
68. 379 West End  Ave.
69. 437 Warfield Road
70. 436 Mountain Ave.
71. 450 Little Place
72. 613 Somerset St.
73. 682 Warfield Road
74. 769 Anna Place
75. 1165 Route 22
76. 1300 Rock Ave.
77. 103-105 Summit Ave.
78. 33-35 Fairview Ave.
79. 33-35 Jackson Ave.
80. 34-36 Myrtle Ave.
81. 35-37 Chatham St.
82. 37-39 Jackson Ave.
83. 40-42 Craig Place
84. 36-38 Craig Place
85. 440-442 Somerset St.
86. 46-50 Myrtle Ave.
87. 70-74 Washington Ave.
88. 82-84 Mercer Ave.

The original July 2007 document (undated and unattributed) was apparently printed out by someone in the Department of Public Works. [The pencil notations are my notes when I was reviewing the information to analyze it.]

I had requested information about property maintenance complaints filed, inspections conducted, violations found, citations issued, and fines collected during the preceding six month period. The response spreadsheet did not contain any information about fines collected.

July 2007 DPW Report

At the time, the entire list could be summarized:

184 citations to remove trash, debris, furniture, appliances, auto parts and other junk around property, or failure to remove such junk; 107 citations for unregistered vehicles; 104 Citations to cut grass, remove natural growth, leaves, dead trees and limbs; 101 citations for overcrowding, renting rooms, sleeping in attics or basements, issued to the owners of almost 90 dwellings; 74 citations to repair or paint the exterior of homes, roofs, chimneys, driveways, garages, porches, or fences, or failure to repair and paint; 52 citations for doing home construction work without permits; 42 citations for commercial vehicles illegallt parked in residential areas; 27 citations for operating businesses in residential properties, without Certificates of Commercial Occupancy; 14 Citations for having signs without permits; 12 citations for parking vehicles on lawns; 6 or fewer citations for issues like cemented backyards, insecure or debris-filled vacant lots, ramshackle garage, refusal to allow inspector to enter, illegal dumping, illegal signs blocking a fire entrance, overflowing Dumpsters, Dumpsters without permits, selling vehicles without a license, no heat, basketball hoops in the street, no house numbers, failure to obtain limo license, operating business after legal hours, failure to obtain certificate of occupancy, sidewalk repairs, bench removal, uninsured vehicles, tent sale without license and snow removal.

I don’t know whether or not any of those violations have been corrected since last July.

Interested readers could follow up with the Department of Public Works.