Are these 16 homes vacant? Or is the city going to be tossing some low income people out in to the streets?

city is beating their chests and think they are being cool by pretending to be tough.
In 3 1/2 years we will see how many they impressed with their ego stoking.

axman and bcracer…….huh? If they cleaned up their home then they would not be on the list. I think it’s that simple. To get off the list, clean up your home. I doubt the City WANTS to do any of this.

I am in full agreement that the City needs to do this. Think about all the rest of the residents that keep their place tidy just to watch their neighbour have huge mess next door.

Action like this might be the only way some people get the message.

Go City Hall. Keep it up.

It is not an easy task, to make the decision to remove trouble some structures which attracts less than desirable activities. this city council is making all the little steps to make it easier for the RCMP to do their job.

All we need is Todd in Ottawa, to start making changes so the law can punish the criminals. Then our city can take a step forward to a better world.

There are yards in this City that house derelict cars and piles of junk. I also know that Bylaw has been called about them and nothing has been done.
It starts off innocently enough – first with one car and then some other “treasure” is added and then another car until there are 4 or 5 cars and a huge pile of junk. Bylaw has a record of these complaint calls. If Mayor and Council (and 6 of them are part of the problem as they’ve been on previous Councils) are really serious, they would direct Bylaw to request clean up of these properties that have been brought to their attention over the years. If there is a no tolerance we wouldn’t be in this situation

Brian Skakun has been on council for eons and was part of the group of 6 that ran council last time. So, why suddenly the interest in unsightly properties? Why did this not get done a long time ago. You can’t blame a lack of action on past mayors who only had one vote.
It must be getting harder for him to grandstand with the new mayor being so popular. I think that Lyn Hall is doing a great job. I didn’t vote for him last time but sure will vote for him next time.

Posted on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 @ 7:09 AM by mwk

axman and bcracer…….huh? If they cleaned up their home then they would not be on the list. I think it’s that simple. To get off the list, clean up your home. I doubt the City WANTS to do any of this.

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I’m not convinced that creating more homeless people under the guise of cleaning up the city is the solution to anything.

“I’m not convinced that creating more homeless people under the guise of cleaning up the city is the solution to anything.”

The city can only force a tear-down of a property which is now considered condemned. If they are condemned, then it is actually harmful to ones health to reside in the building.

I guess the righties must be sleeping in from a tough night . Noooooo , what is the cost going to be for the cleanup ? Ooohhh the taxes . Make welfare people do the work with their bare hands . Poor people living in poverty has nothing to do with Harper har har har . TD bank today say canada is in recession . Second bank in a week .

Posted on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 @ 9:29 AM by pgjohn

The city can only force a tear-down of a property which is now considered condemned. If they are condemned, then it is actually harmful to ones health to reside in the building.

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It’s not evident in either of the two stories that these all these buildings have been condemned. Lots of talk about how unsightly they are though.

“It’s not evident in either of the two stories that these all these buildings have been condemned. Lots of talk about how unsightly they are though.”

It’s not stated, but they wouldn’t have a right to demand a tear-down otherwise. It’s a simple question of Prince George bylaws. Look at the report attached to the agenda for Monday. It shows pictures. I’m shocked no one has done anything sooner about these properties, and its very clear no one is living in these structures.

you are totally right!!

The City is not conveying this properly to the public. The sure seem to miss a person who can send out a proper media release.

This is what Nanaimo Mayor and Council must go through to demolish a house.

Churchill said Wilson has 60 days to demolish the house. If she doesn’t, the city will – a process involving permits, environmental assessments and inspections that will take until about March before work can start – and if costs of demolition and disposal are not paid by Wilson then the city can sell the property in a tax sale to recover its costs.

But it seems unlikely a prime waterfront property will be abandoned to a tax sale.

“It is one of the nicest pieces of property, central to downtown, that we have,” Churchill said. “I would definitely say, yes, the property has value and would be of interest should they choose to sell. Everyone would want this piece of property.”

Admittedly, trailers in a trailer park are a different situation, however the process would probably still involve “permits, environmental assessments and inspections that will take sometime before demolition work can start.”

www. nanaimobulletin.com/news/283906281.html

I don’t mind Lombardi too much, as it is hidden out of sight. I mean, unless you are looking to remake Deliverance, it is unlikely you will stumble onto this property.

However, the city meridians look worse than most trailer park yards, perhaps they could do some weeding and fixing of their own….

Thanks for bringing this back to the real world, PGJohn.
When I look at the photos in the report I can easily conclude the City is actually assisting the trailer court owner(s) in cleaning it up. So the city will bill the owner for the work – so what?, that is completely justified.

Where can I view this report? I’ve spent a half hour looking for it to no avail.

Hi Billyinpg: Go to http://www.princegeorge.ca and click on Council Agenda, in this case July 8 and you can cursor down to the report on Lumbardi trailer park.

Hi again billy….: oops, I should have written 2188 Norwood Street – remedial action and select both Report and attachment. The attachment is where you will find the collection of photographs in order to see what the problems are.

For those who might be interested in viewing the relevant by-law:

www. princegeorge.ca/CityServices/BylawServices/citybylaws/Bylaw%20Documents/BL8425_Property_Maintenance_Bylaw.pdf

“TD bank today say canada is in recession” .. if you have a job and can pay your bills you are not in a recession, who cares what banks say.

Thanks for that nuffsnuff1.

Wow, just wow. I really didn’t think it was like that at all judging by what I’ve read. A picture really does tell a thousand words.