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I drive passed this house almost every day on my way to work. On any given day, there are anywhere from 6-10 junk cars in the driveway, yard, and in the street. Some of them are sinking into the ground, others just falling apart. I would guess that only 2-3 of them are actually registered (if that, looking at the # of them without license plates). I can only imagine how this is affecting the value of the houses in this neighborhood and is just an eye sore in general. Aren't there zoning laws to prevent this from happening? Can someone please do something about this? Many West Haven residents are trying to keep West Haven clean, meanwhile there are travesties like this house going unnoticed.
21 Comments
Kam Lasater (Registered User)
I sent this along to Planning and Development for West Haven. Hopefully they come online and proactively work on getting this resolved.
-Kam
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City Of West Haven (Guest)
Sheryl says, "Your previous messages have been forwarded to the Planning & Zoning
Office. You may contact that department directly for any problems on
"Private Property" eileen_buckheit@cityofwesthaven.com -
mike_mccurry@cityofwesthaven.com - or
frank_biancur@cityofwesthaven.com
Thank you."
Joe (Guest)
I did a little research and found the zoning information for the city of WH here, http://www.cityofwesthaven.com/documentwarehouse/kb_results.asp?type=category
The exact document I am referring to below can be found here, http://www.cityofwesthaven.com/documentwarehouse/downloadpopup.asp?file=Article%205%20-%20Parking%20-Loading%20-%20Access.pdf
This person is in clear and excessive violation of the zoning regulations of WH. Something should be done about this immediately, as it has gone on long enough. Here is the section of the regulation that pertains to this issue:
"60.11 UNREGISTERED VEHICLE STORAGE
60.11.1 Residential Districts. In no case shall there be more than either one (1) unregistered vehicle or one (1) registered motor vehicle not in condition for use on public high-ways on any zoning lot. Additionally, any such vehicle must be parked or stored with-in a fully enclosed garage or similar structure, or on a paved parking area located to the rear of the principal structure, but not within any yard setback areas."
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Frank Biancur Jr. (Guest)
This issue on Woodland Street is being handled. The exact address is
18 Woodland Street and a letter of violation was sent out in Oct. giving
the homeowner 30 days to clean up.
I will be reinspecting the property this week and if it is not cleaned
up
I will issue a $100 a day fine.
Any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 937-3594.
Frank Biancur Jr.
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Anonymous (Guest)
Opening this back up. I took my woodland st shortcut to work again and the junk car collection has regrown to about 7-8 cars... again... Some in the street, some in the driveway, some in the yard. Only one of them looks like it is ever even touched, never mind moved or driven. One is parked in the yard next to the driveway (I believe zoning requires it to be on a paved surface or garage). There is an unregistered junk car parked in the driveway AND a registered junk car (that is NOT street legal) parked in the driveway as well. Zoning only allows one or the other. It looks like one of these was the car that was parked in the street and this person moved it to the yard (violating zoning) to avoid it getting towed I imagine. This person now has more zoning violations than ever. Not sure how the city can claim they have money issues when they allow this kind of thing to continue over and over, while ignoring this potential revenue stream. Below is the zoning regulation that this person is violating with multiple vehicles:
60.11 UNREGISTERED VEHICLE STORAGE
60.11.1 Residential Districts. In no case shall there be more than either one (1) unregistered
vehicle or one (1) registered motor vehicle not in condition for use on public high-
ways on any zoning lot. Additionally, any such vehicle must be parked or stored with-
in a fully enclosed garage or similar structure, or on a paved parking area located to
the rear of the principal structure, but not within any yard setback areas.
Bob (Guest)
Anonymous (Guest)
Bob, if everyone followed your lead as far as your ignorance to the laws and regulations of the city, then we would have chaos, our taxes would be even higher than they already are, etc. Should I go on? If you don't have anything constructive to add to the resolution of this issue, then I'm not sure why you even commented. SeeClickFix is a way for people to "do something about it", and that's what I'm doing. How about the fact that the city should just be proactive concerning these issues instead of putting residents in the horrible position of having to police our own neighborhoods.
Residents like this make West Haven look like a total dump, pure and simple.
Bob (Guest)
Oh my. what hostility!
FYI, I wouldn't live in WH for the reason you stated in your final paragraph. That is precisely why it doesn't bother me. So, go back to your whining in this rag instead of knocking on the guy's door and getting it cleared up. Sheesh what a wuss.
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Eric Triffin (Guest)
Yes! I believe that more than one unregistered vehicle is not allowed. The person to speak with is out of Planning and Zoning, Kevin Clark 937-3611.
Eric Triffin, MPH
jessie (Guest)
Eric Triffin (Guest)
Call Kevin Clark in Planning and Zoning 937-3611 I believe he enforces the code on that if it is unregistered. If it is registered that sounds like a police matter and you should be able to have it towed?
Eric Triffin, MPH
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