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23-06-2025
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Springfield sweep targets unregistered vehicles, overflowing trash
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield police announced they carried out a quality-of-life sweep Thursday around lower Belmont Avenue and the city's South End that targeted ordinance violations such as unregistered vehicles and overflowing bins of trash. The 'park and walk sweep' resulted in the towing of five unregistered motor vehicles and the issuance of seven parking tickets, police said in a statement. Furthermore, members of the city's Department of Code Enforcement, who joined police in the sweep, issued 17 tickets while members of the Springfield Police Ordinance Unit issued 37 tickets of their own. Photos city officials took during the enforcement action show trash bags heaped next to plastic collection containers, a tan-colored sedan sitting on a flatbed truck and a pile of what appaered to be construction materials behind a house. Last week, the Springfield Police Department announced a similar enforcement sweep in the Putnam Circle area. During the June 4 sweep, police issued nine parking tickets, 75 ordinance citations and towed two vehicles. Meanwhile, the city's code enforcement officials issued 43 citations that day. In each statement, Springfield police pointed to 'The Good Neighbor Handbook,' which outlines some of the quality-of-life regulations governing Springfield residents, such as grass can't be allowed to grow more than six inches high and trash must be placed in automated collection containers. Saturday concert in Northampton to aid Palestinian school Motorcyclist suffers serious injuries in West Springfield crash Adviser hired to lead finding developer for new Springfield court complex Bay Area Neighborhood Council Community Resource Fair and Cookout this Saturday Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
23-06-2025
- Business
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Shame: Springfield councilors want to publish names of people with unpaid ordinance tickets
SPRINGFIELD — With about $1 million in outstanding unpaid ordinance tickets, three city councilors want to start publishing the names of scofflaws on the city website and in newspapers. Police and city's Department of Code Enforcement issue the tickets over quality-of-life issues, such as littering, the large-scale dumping of trash, noise, drinking in public and property maintenance. 'If we want to have a good city, it needs to be clean. It needs to run smoothly,' said Ward 6 Councilor Victor Davila, chairman of the council's general government committee. There is also the matter of collecting that $1 million. 'The city needs money,' he said. 'We need to get money to the coffers.' Today, unpaid ordinance tickets often fall through the cracks with no clear communication between departments. Springfield will have new software called Open Gov that will keep better track of tickets and be able to better communicate with other departments. The new software launches July 1. Davila, who represents the Forest Park neighborhood, and At-Large Councilors and committee members Brian Santaniello and Kateri Walsh want to wait 90 days and get better educated on what Open Gov is telling them. Tickets issued for littering, or noise or public drinking, are especially hard to enforce. Tickets associated with a property — for blight or maintenance issues — can be attached to the deed liens that need to be paid when the property is sold. But Davila said that's not necessarily a deterrent, when it might take decades for a property to change hands. It also puts the city in the position of waiting for its money. Santaniello wants to publicize photos of noncompliant properties, along with names, addresses and the amount owed. 'The public will see who is in violation for nonpayment of fines,' he said in a statement. 'Hopefully this will encourage offenders to pay their past due violations and act as a deterrent for future violations.' Heat is here, needed part for pool isn't; Holyoke delays Pouliot Pool opening, opens spray parks Gunmaker Smith & Wesson to invest in Mass. facilities despite Tenn. move Hooplandia basketball fest, 3-3 tournament returns to Hall of Fame, Big E Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
14-03-2025
- Business
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New Orleans City Council passes ordinance expanding city inspector hiring pool
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — After three buildings partially collapsed recently, the New Orleans City Council decided it was time to be proactive. Councilman Freddie King led the charge by introducing an ordinance that was quickly passed, allowing the city to hire building inspectors who don't live in the city. 'This will allow those departments to get some help and get some things done in the city, and make the city much safer,' King said. It's for more than just preventing building collapses. King says city agencies like the Department of Code Enforcement can utilize the ordinance to hire outside inspectors for maintaining property standards in neighborhoods as well. Trader Joe's begins demolition for new store in Uptown New Orleans 'Like the house next to me is falling down, we need someone to come inspect it, or the yard next to me is too high; we need someone to come inspect it so it can come get cut,' King said. The ordinance is effective immediately with a two-year implementation period, allowing the city to assess its impact on hiring and enforcement before determining next steps. 'If we see it's working, we can reup it in two more years. If we see it not working, we can turn off the valve. This is just us thinking outside the box to help the city move a little more efficiently,' King women's basketball is excited to host opening rounds of the NAIA Tournament for the first time New Orleans City Council passes ordinance expanding city inspector hiring pool Zoning request for New Orleans East apartment complex fails Banchero scores 34 points and Magic build a 30-point halftime lead in a 113-93 rout of the Pelicans House Democrats bash Senate colleagues for backing GOP spending bill: 'Huge slap in the face' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
