Maintain Grass or Vegetation in Public Right of Way

Description

The trash looks disgusting around this area of the 7th Heaven store front and the back and the white church next to the store. It reeks of poverty. It's a shame that tax paying citizens have to look at trash stuck in fences and walk by this daily for years at the time. I've reported this area monthly and it still looks disgusting. This are is an embarrassment to visitors and citizens. This is definitely an indication that no one cares.

Details

Immediate Danger to Persons or Property?

No

Vegetation blocking alley, sidewalk or street?

No, Right Of Way is not blocked

History

1. December 18, 2023
   The service request is submitted.
2. December 18, 2023
   The service request status has been changed to Assigned to Department.
3. September 25, 2024
   The service request status has been changed to Completed.

Comments

• Staff · December 18, 2023
  Cityworks ID: 518073
• Staff · December 28, 2023
  Inspection found '7 Heaven' store and 'white church' (actually a former funeral home) next door, just as the complainant described them. True, there is wind-blown litter along fence lines, and what appears to be rubble from a car accident in the front yard of the funeral home. But there is simply not enough accumulation anywhere to justify coercive or public corrective action. City employees are not allowed to work on private property, and it is not feasible to assign work crew to pick up odd bits of trash generated by daily use. The overgrown vegetation along Darbytown Road (see photo) is another matter, and will be dealt with in February. If the requestor had supplied contact information, I could explain that this area, far from being blighted, exemplifies a rapidly vanishing habitat in Richmond — a working-class neighborhood. Enjoy it while it lasts. Investment will soon enough transform Montrose Heights as it has Church Hill, and the modest amount of trash will disappear along with the modest amount of affordable housing.