Driving through the UNIT neighborhood on the morning of July 8th I noticed this lovely sight at the SW corner of 21st and University, specifically 2503 21st. Street.
What you can't see behind the illegally parked Ford pickup is a bunch of trash and indoor furniture on the front porch. This is an obvious Tech student rental. Over the Fourth of July weekend the greek letters SAE were plastered above the front porch. I am sure the national office of that fraternity would be proud to see that. I called the 311 to initiate a Codes Enforcement Action and urge any other concerned resident to do the same.
There are some really nice homes in our neighborhood. UNIT News will feature more unique homes in the coming weeks. If you are tired of scenes like this, I urge you all not to sit on your hands, but take action with the tools available to you in order to preserve our neighborhood. Call Codes Enforcement; report instances of more than two unrelated people living in single family home; call the property owners and document reportable conditions, don't let thoughtless and rude behavior slide.
Excellent post, if we don't use the tools available to us (calling codes, online citizen help center - http://www.ci.lubbock.tx.us/citizenHelpCenter.aspx), we deserve what we get. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThere was a similar situation at 3001-28th, across from Wagner Park. Without calls to Codes and the LAPD from a couple of concerned neighbors, it would still look like this.
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