My wife and I bought our house in 2020, since we got it, we have been inundated with near constant code violations. Some were warranted (weeds being too tall, tree trimmings left out too long). But they are getting more and more ridiculous. And since we’ve been deemed “repeat offenders”, they no longer notify us of citations, we just get court date notices. Since Jan I’ve gotten three 1.) “excessive trash” when there was nothing more than a styrofoam cup and errant grocery bag that blew into our yard 2.) chainlink fence is a safety hazard (when nothing about it has changed in the time we’ve been here) and 3.) not maintaining our alleyway (we have no alleyway)… I’ve decided that I’m going to request judge mediation because I’m sick of this.. I looked up the number of violations attached to our property and there have been HUNDREDS, going back even before we bought the house.
Has anyone dealt with anything like this? And how did you handle it? And was it successful?
to add - nothing about our property’s upkeep is egregiously bad.. while it’s not a shining example of home care, it’s still one of the nicest/most upkept in the neighborhood.
to add pt2 - last year I went a LONG period without going through my mail and found old court summons for previous violations, and both of them had been dismissed without any intervention on my part (leading to my belief that the complaints weren’t valid)
Has anyone dealt with anything like this? And how did you handle it? And was it successful?
to add - nothing about our property’s upkeep is egregiously bad.. while it’s not a shining example of home care, it’s still one of the nicest/most upkept in the neighborhood.
to add pt2 - last year I went a LONG period without going through my mail and found old court summons for previous violations, and both of them had been dismissed without any intervention on my part (leading to my belief that the complaints weren’t valid)
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