Resident brings problems to Logan City Council
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Lorraine Shell told council members that for the past three years her property has been vandalized when she went to Florida for the winter and complained about several parked vehicles in her neighborhood. She also complained about some of her neighbors.
Shell presented the council with photographs of her property as well as bills from repair done to parts of her property.
"They threw paint all over my house and all over my driveway," Shell said, adding the paint was also splattered on her fence. "That had to be repainted this year."
Shell said one of the vehicles was up on blocks and another had a window broken out and had sat there unmoved for months. Shell also complained about yard sales in Midelburg and asked if they were legal.
"So far as I know, it is," said Mayor Serafino Nolletti.
Shell said she believes Midelburg is a residential area, not a commercial one.
Councilman Jim Guy pointed out that some of the complaints Shell had were things the city could not act upon as they boiled down to people doing what they wanted on their own private property.
Chief E.K. Harper noted that one of the cars Shell was complaining about was parked in a legal parking spot, not illegally.
"It's off the road," Harper said.
Councilman Greg Glick agreed, pointing out the spot had been a legal parking spot since he was a kid. Harper said if a car is licensed and in good working order, it can be parked in a legal parking spot.
When Shell asked what could be done to protect her property, Councilman Guy recommended she install video cameras.
"We can't put a policeman there 24 hours a day, seven days a week," he noted.
Councilman Glick recommended she contact the Midelburg Property Owners Association with her complaints. Mayor Nolletti said he would like to see the associations charter.
Glick noted the city had enough problems trying to deal with absentee property owners of abandoned buildings and said it was nearly impossible to tell people who lived on private property what to do.
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« disneygal wrote on Thursday, Sep 17 at 06:32 AM »
Ms. Shell has a right to be upset on the acts of vandalism towards her property. But, if this is a yearly winter trip, then by now many people know that her house is empty for a long duration. She needs to install video surveillance and let her neighbors know when she's gone, as well as the police dept. She should relax about her neighbor's parking habits. Sounds like it's perfectly legal, and maybe if she got along with them a little better, they would be more inclined to watch over her property while she is out of town.
« Leroy2 wrote on Wednesday, Sep 16 at 09:51 PM »
Unlesss Ms. Shell is a constant complainer, I think this group of so called community leaders are nothing but a group of do nothings, who can't see the need of some leadership on her behalf. The answers she got were nothing but excuses, and trying to place the blame elsewhere. No wonder we have tons and tons of trash that have to be cleaned up every year. Sound like the worse trash that needs to be removed is some of our leadership.
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