City Code : Weeds, ok for us but not you.

Grass/Weeds
Grass or weeds that are eighteen (18) inches or more in height and are within 150 feet of an inhabited resident, place of business, or any other establishment is considered a public health nuisance. Owners of properties in violation are given seven days to abate this nuisance or the City will do so and bill the owner.

Now if this is your property you would get a nice little notice where if cut within five to ten day they will do it for you, min 50 bucks to?? Yet, the weeds at the local city parks can grow out of control and all they city park workers cut is the along the sidewalk area.

All this after they spent all the time and money to clean out the park, so people couldn’t hide and have some adult fun..

it seem they only have time to cut the grass near the sidewalks.. (notice if this was Sunset or City Lake it would have been correctly)

More Homes approve by the City Council to be Torn down.

a. 903 Clark Street
b. 917 Branch Street
c. 925 Branch Street
d. 714 Pender Street
e. 712 Henna Street
f. 517 E. Holly Street
g. 921 Shearin Street
h. 412 Albemarle Avenue
i. 418 Albemarle Avenue
j. 911 E. Raleigh Boulevard
k. 1422 Davis Street
l. 917 Peter Street*
m. 921 Peter Street*
n. 928 Lindsey Street
o. 934 Lindsey Street
p. 950 Lindsey Street
q. 839 Star Street
r. 835 Gay Street
s. 300 Union Street
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Recommended Action: Adopt Ordinance.
*Action Deferred until April 28, 2014 Council Meeting as to l) 917 Peter Street and m) 921 Peter Street

This the first step for the city to seize more land within the city limits of Rocky Mount. Yes most of these structures need to be torn down, but the city is doing the tearing down, then they will bill the owners, and if the owners don’t pay up the city takes them.  

Now it costs the city about 5k per house, maybe more, maybe less, but lets use 5k for each house. so in this session the cost would be about $95,000 dollars.. they do this on the average of three time a year.. so the city spends about half of million dollars each year to have home torn down and the property clean afterward, they the city maintain this properties too, i.e. grass cutting.

My question is how much does the city make back by selling these properties after they take them for non-payment via liens and seizers?   

See map of the homes that are on the list to be torn down,

City to Send out Notices to Chronic Grass and Weed Violators..

from the City Email letter,

As part of the City of Rocky Mount's ongoing efforts to abate the public nuisance caused by overgrown grass and weeds, during the week of March 17, 2014, the Public Works and Water Resources Department will mail annual notices to chronic violators of the city's grass & weed ordinance. As defined in the city's ordinances, a chronic violator is any person who owns property whereupon, in the previous calendar year, the city took action at least three times to abate grass/weed violations.  The notice will advise property owners that the City will, without further notice, take action to abate the violation with the cost of such action to be charged to the property owner.

The Community Code Division has identified 550 properties that have met this criteria and where the property owner will receive a chronic violator notice. Grass/weeds in excess of 18 inches constitutes a public nuisance and is detrimental to public health, safety or welfare in that such conditions lead to unsightliness, infestation of rodents, birds, snakes, insects and decrease property values.

Residents or property owners with questions regarding these notices or the City's public health, safety and nuisance ordinances may contact the Community Code Division at 252-467-4952. You may also visit the city's website at www.rockymountnc.gov/publicworks. 

Now the problem is, the city uses this as a get some extra cash for the summertime scheme..

And they don’t measure to see if your weeds are at the 18 inch mark either. Then again the one who are doing the cutting need a horticulture classes. Cause these so-called city workers can’t tell which is which. They will mow down your Fig Trees, iris, lilac bush, tulips, and your tea rose bushes too.. If you are a garden they will cut that down too. They have to protect you from the killer tomatoes.

Which are not weeds are grass.. but these low paying workers just don’t care..

More land to be taken by Rocky Mount Council via Code Enforcement

a. 657 Beaman Street
b. 1605 Cherry Street
c. 1309 Cokey Road
d. 424 N. Discovery Street
e. 1564 Fountain Street
f. 1114 Hargrove Street
g. 622 Henry Street
h. 328 Kingston Avenue
i. 408 Mitchell Street
j. 726 Nashville Road
k. 234 Park Avenue
l. 740 Pender Street (Garage Only)
m. 513 E. Thomas Street
n. 608 South Tillery Street
o. 817 Tyan Street
p. 905/907 S. Washington Street (AKA 205 Hendricks Street)

The city has no money , but they do when a structure need to be torn down, they when the property owner can’t pay the city back they take the property.. 

City to Take more private land via city’ code enforcement

At tonight city council meeting they will be voting to take the following properties, that the city code enforcement had tore down. Cause many of these homes didn’t meet the city code enforcement ideal of being a fixable home or property that wasn’t worth to be fixed up.

Also for those of us, who live in RMT, all of these homes are in the older parts of the city, where income level is at or below poverty. Where the Code Enforcement officers spent every day riding through these neighborhoods looking for a way to rise money for the city. While ignoring the richer parts of the city.

6. Public Hearing Relative to the Preliminary Assessment Roll Prepared to Recover Costs Incurred by the City in Connection with Housing Code Enforcement on the Following Properties:
a. 604 Clark Street
b. 1001 S. Franklin Street
c. 1014 Gay Street
d. 1229 Griffin Street
e. 205 Home Street
f. 734 Long Avenue
g. 1208 SW Main Street
h. 1017 Shearin Andrews Road
i. 700 Tarboro Street
j. 635 Woodland Avenue
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution Confirming Assessments.

Which the city is getting all these properties between 4-8 thousand dollars each. Which they will turn around and sell for high prices.. Most of these aren’t being taken for long overdue taxes..

Rocky Mount NC delcares war on the Poor within its limits

It would seem that the City of Rocky Mount, NC is using it City Codes to steal property for it owners..

They get to decide that is junk and what isn't junk. that right.. They are taking citizens land and vehicles from those who can't fight back, those whom don't have (and they know they don't) the funds to pay these fee, fines and other charges. After a few month they place a lend on the said property then wait a bit longer then foreclose or take the property away and sell to developers for a huge profit.

I know that this isn't new at all, cities all over the USA is doing, but the only stories you here are those from the rich.

So be warn citizens of Rocky Mount,,they want your money for the high light bill, and your property