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Tag: code enforcement

Compliance! Grass grows on a once paved yard

The proposed remedy, fake grass, was as unwelcome as the original offense. The Zoning Board of Adjustment required that the owner jackhammer the cement parking pad.
by Karen Gadbois August 13, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

$166G in taxpayer loans, yet council member's property still a wreck

Nine-month deadline passes, but councilman's property shows little evidence of generous government support.
by Karen Gadbois May 17, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Council gets upbeat report on blight, but members frustrated over lack of access

by Karen Gadbois November 14, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Homeowner or homeless? St. Louis Street resident fights to hang on to what he has

by Karen Gadbois June 23, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

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