I own a house that sits next to a stretch of wall that is the side of the neighboring property. People have been taking to dumping their large trash items in front of the wall (currently a mattress and boxspring, surely full of bed bugs.) The wall is also tagged with graffiti. There are no lights along the wall or any signs. I’m grossed out and annoyed by the trash that is constantly left over there. plus once people see trash they think they can dump whatever is in the hand in the immediate area, which unfortunately is my front yard. I’m pretty sure it’s not the actual tenants of the building, but rather people in neighboring buildings. Previously, I’ve just waited for the garbage men to eventually pick up the stuff (they sometimes don’t because it’s not really an official address, i think). And once, when I was out of town, my tenants called 311 to request a large furniture pickup for a particularly smelly couch. I know large items have to get tossed somewhere, but the people who are doing the dumping don’t care what day trash pickup is so the stuff tends to sit there for days. <\/p>\n
Anyway, I tried to look up the owner through proerty shark, but there’s no phone number. Last night I also went into the business that is in the front of the building, and gave them my info for the owner to contact me. Nothing. So do I:
\na) call 311, and schedule a trash pickup since the owner won’t.
b) call 311 and lodge a complaint about the trash, which might get the owner a ticket. But then maybe he\/she will be forced to address the situation, by possible putting lights or signs up.
c) Fume silently.
d) Try looking the owner up elsewhere (suggestions welcome) and contact him\/her.<\/p>