2304 MADISON ST 2016-01-01 MF Import

r�� PAr Walter Sellers F"°°^ Housing Division �^TE 2 March 1971 f: 51°'E�T Complaint of Mr Dale Laabs �.�� E�EAETr, r.�EaE,r. N�S��TON In an effort to learn the facts surrounding this complaint we visited the neighborhood on tHo occasions� visited with the homeowner to the east of tvir Laabs and was in telephone contact with the owner of the dup:ex :o the wast of Mr Laabs. The homeowner to the south of Mr Laabs house ( iacin� on Columbia Ave. ) was not contacted� as they were not home. V�:� do not believe that the house ta the south vrould be any grounds for neighborhood cromplaints as it is a new house� well �nain- tained and with no apparent problems due to parkin� or property line disp�tes. There is an alleyway that separates this property from Mr Laabs� lot. The house to the east of Mr Laab� lot is owned by Urs Hazel Williams. $he was visited on the 7.6th of February and was asked if she had any complaints with the neighborhood. She stated that she has no problems other than the intersection in front of he house ( Madis.�n and McDougal ). When turning onto Madison from the south� it is difficult to see approaching traffic due to autos parking on Madison� usually Mrs Laabs� car. She also added that Mrs Laabs has always been a chronic complainer and lets little things t;other her. The duplex to the west of Mr Laabs� lot is a�nverted single family house owned by Mr Verle Hemeke. He was cantacted by telephone on the lst of htaech. He has owned the house for 20 years and Mrs Laabs has been his neighbor for 14 years. He staied f.hat Mrs Laabs has been an average nei�hbor but is continually complaingng about everything in �eneral. He has attempted to cooperate with her in the past but they never seem to solve anything. Her most recent problem has been wifh the parking strip in front of her house. She feels that this area is reserved for her use only and she becomes very disturbed when anyone else parks there. Mr Hemeke siated that he has asked his tenants te park elsewhere but the strip is used by other people in the area too. Mr Hemeke stated that he is in the process of up- �rading his rental property and has always tryed to keep his house in goo�repair. _,� A check oP city records shows that ��1r Hemeke was issued a buildin� permit on 11-13-68 to repair fire dartege� another permit was issued on 7-11-69 to re-roof� and a third permit was issued on 10-30-69 to re-side� re-build the perch and put in a new stairway. An �xterior i.nspection of Mr Hemeke�s house shows it to fall into Class 2 of our �ra�dinp s�.-stem�which is basically sound with minor defects. The house shows evidence �f property improvement and better than average �roundskeeping. Mr and Mrs Laabs were visited on 26 Februar an� from our discussion it is obviotls that Mrs Laabs has many problems� 'fio�i` �p�� are vx�rthy of inention. She is not pleased with the Street Department� The Traffic Enpineer� The Engineer- ing Department� the adjacent oroperty owners� the �ayor and a few others. Pdone of her complaints appear va:id and her comments were very biased. Her main grievance at this time� is that other people park in front of her house and she has difficulty findin� a place for her$'��k. Sh., says they sometimes block the mail box and the msiiman will not make delivertes. She also stated that the house next door has had a fire in the past and should be condemned. Mr Laabs was disgruntled because the mailman� on one occasion� would net deliver his retirzment check because a car was parked in front of the mailbox. He also mentioned that it is dangerous