James W. McFarlane

No longer zoned residential this property has a collection of junk filling the yard. Old leftover construction junk that they may be calling a garden. This is a prime example of the need to be specific on what can constitute a front yard vegetable garden.

Trash and recycling has been sitting in the road on NW 12th st since last Wednesday. This is a reoccurring issue with this rental property.

Yesterday the Trach pickup truck back all the way down 12th street then did not pickup up the yard trash at 1122 or 1204 NW 18th ave. They must think it is on 18th ave and not their responsibility to pick up. 1204 only had a few small branches however the other pile is bigger as they skip pickup regularly.

You might think this photo is from any year over the past 8. Trash left roadside recycled bin full and left roadside. Pickup was Wednesday and it has been at the road edge for two weeks. Trash is filling the yard and blowing down the street. The Weed are also overgrown, as you can see behind the garbage. This is rental and they do not care about the neighborhood. This downgrades the property and reduces the taxes the city can collect. We need to work on city beautification. We need to go back to the days that trash was picked up from behind the house, leaving the street front and edge looking like something you would expect in care about the neighborhood. Someone driving past this would not purchase a home on this street. When the home was build too close to 12th st, the street was not all the way to the end. Now may be the time to close off the street at the edge of this property dividing the single-family residential from the rezoned 16th street. urban high density (college fraternity style houseing)

New Renters, don't know to move trash and recycling behind fence. Trash bins and garbage remained roadside for 3 weeks. finally all was picked up. please ask landlord to explain to Tennant's.

Once again, NW 12th street from NW 16 ave included the end of 18th ave the recycled and yard trash was not picked up Wednesday. The neighbor's yard trash pile on the NE corner of 18th ave and 12th st has not been picked up for 3 weeks now. I know the trash dump at the end of the street blends in with the landscape however it looks like trash.

Roadway lacks width for two vehicles. railroad ties that use to mark the parking to keep renters off the grass, was moved to stick into NW 12 the St at the corner. grass is growing over the street. cars are parking on the grass from corner to corner.

Several bags of trash and mattress left roadside.

Left for Wednesday pickup in bags still there Friday am.

Trailer and vehicles parked in other than designated areas.

This is a residence. It was R1 and it appears on current maps to have a designation of U4. However there is not new construction and it is now being used as substandard residential housing for more than 4 people. And possibly a business. Regardless, last year it was determined by code enforcement that a maximum of 4 vehicles could be at the property. I am not sure when zonning occurred or why we are allowing the distruction of neighborhoods within Gainesville. Last year the property request 16th avenue parking, and it was denied. It was also not in the parking plan for them to park on the opposite side of the property. Even if you swindled in a code change allowing unlimited parking because it is now "rental property" That is a major issue that must be taken up by the City Administrator and resolution to the error in code taken before the City Commission. As I look at the Current zoning map the property is being called U4, a very bad choice. If we are looking to put buildings up to the street along 16th avenue, it should be new buildings designed to meet code, not a modification forming a business that destroys property value behind the business zoning. Having moved a zoning change without proper notice and hearing should mean the zoning is null and void, and the former zoning stands. If no other action is anticipated to resolve the issues with this property that are degrading the community then look closely at the U4 zoning and it states under Parking B. Location of parking facilities. 1. Surface parking lots shall be located to the rear or side of buildings, but no more than 50 percent of the total parking area may be located to the side of buildings. With that simple statement you not have a zoning violation, a new parking plan must be submitted and proper parking established with more that 50% in front of the building not the 100% of the property on 12th streed the side of the building. With the zoning change parking needs to be up to code, paved and properly marked. With this now being a business zoning the ADA Required handicap parking must be put into place, ; and an ADA handycap entrance to the property established. You also need to note the current parking is on the right-away. So we have several issues that need to be resolved. Additionally with the parking access on 12th street a business requires a proper width access for two cars or a one way access for the inflow and outflow of the property. NW 12th street is not wide enough for two way traffic and when you add the 12th st bike route it becomes a major issue for health and safety of bikers. This intersection must be upgraded for the U4 standards to be reached or the road needs to be closed at the edge of the property that starts the U4 Zoning. It seems again some people of jumped the gun with new zoning plans for Gainesville without fully understanding the impacts of changes that are not properly researched, studied and understood. Perhaps a solutions on this property is to remove all access on NW 12 st, remove the asphalt and parking roadside, give that the the city for a safe highway access. Move the parking to the far side. Yet as I have expressed, with our future city development that there should not be additional paved, impermeable parking allowed. So the foot print of parking should not be any larger than the current parking. . That adds an additional issue, parking on limerock is not acceptable in the city for business parking thus would not be acceptable for the U4 property.

parking outside designated parking. trailor with expired tag.

we xcessive number of vehicles.

Wednesday was garbage pickup. Bins still sit on the edge of the road unemptied, and the extra trash 15 ft off the 12th St bike route. 4 weeks trash has sat at the edge of the road. you have seen at least 4 different pictures of trash. the city as done one Saturday speciAl day of trash pickup. wen Gainesville went to recycling the bins were required to be moved out of the street side yard. I know commissioners that have rentals don't want to pay the fined for trash left out. We must change things, the resident must be charged, or landlords required to pay there property man to move trash in and out, or the city must have trash pickup from the side yard and returned. I think the resident and property owners must be responsible, thus keeping the service for tile following residents lower. please fix this today, so that guests coming to my home don't have to approach my home from a city street that looks like a slumb.

piles of limbs fill the front yard. have been there since beginning of the month.

baggs of trash and loos debre in front of garage

southbound traffic on NW 12 the St cannot see to cross the street due to overgrown weeds

when sitting at the stop. sign at NW 16 Ave and 12 St you could not see a child, adult or biker on the sidewalk. weeda are again overgrown on the NW corner.

trash, garbage, junk shatter the yard. large cardboard box on 12th Street between garage and street, , filled with overflow garbage. old wet dry vacume as been in the front yard for months unemptied recycle bins don't sit 10 ft from road. looks like a slumber. all because Gainesville does not have timely enforcable landlord voning codes that can be enforced.

garbage set out Tuesday for Wednesday pickup still awaits our service. missed pickup numerous times this year, from 16 Ave NW along 12 the St

Christmas is this week, tomorrow is the last chance for someone to pull the recycled, and other trash streetside. will the mattress and such get picked up Thursday if somehow it gets to the street? it seems my discussion and contacts with the city manager have accomplished nothing. what does it take to clean up Gainesville? I was told I would receive a return call and have not. this trash as been there well over a month. I had hoped it would be solved by Thanksgiving. this is a repeat problem at rental property. it has never made it curbside for pickup.