The City of Lubbock Codes Department worked with neighborhoods within the central Lubbock area to help clean up and enforce ordinances.
“I’m figuring we will look at every house in the neighborhood but we’ll probably leave over 100 violation notices,” Stuart Walker, the Code Administration Director said.
Walker said the urge for the field exercise was started by the neighbors living in the area.
“A couple of the neighbors called and asked for a deployment because they were concerned about their neighborhood. So we took one day this month to check it out,” Walker said.
Several of the neighbors agreed and said they were happy to see Code Enforcement out and about.
“I seen some trucks driving around with the green stickers and I was like alright. There are a lot of abandoned vehicles and the weeds are bad and it needs to be taken care of before it gets worse, because if it gets bad it will be a big issue,” Rudy Zapapta, a neighbor in the community said.
The Code Administration Department will be conducting a field exercise in the Wheelock and Monterey neighborhoods on Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. University Avenue, 50th Street, Indiana Avenue, and 34th Street border the area inspectors will be working in.
The object of this exercise will be to identify violations relating to junked vehicles, nuisance weeds and rubbish, substandard housing, and zoning. Code Inspectors will be talking to the public about City ordinances, citing violations, and possibly abating violations during this exercise. A field office will be set up at 3017 39th at the Memorial Baptist Church parking lot. Solid Waste will provide a roll off dumpster at the field office for the citizens in the defined area to dispose of unwanted, bulky items such as furniture, appliances, or tree branches.
(News release from the City of Lubbock)