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Summary: Chevron
has ownership of five parcels (.84 acres) at the corner of Gravelly Lake and Alfaretta Street.
The area is highly visible on Gravelly Lake Drive, it's across the street
from a Park Lodge Elementary school. It is a bit of an eyesore, currently
unused and enclosed by 'temporary' cyclone fencing. The temporary cyclone fencing has been in place for
over 7 years. Yes, it's private property, but surely there
is something better that can be done, or inspired to be done in order
to help improve the use and conditions at this location.
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Chevron's Local
Neighbors, What will Lakewood
and code
enforcement do? Stay tuned...
Children from the blue
house live and play right next door to Chevron's vacant lot
filled with illegal dumping, mice/rats, tall dry grass and weeds
Code Violations
- Citizens Complaint: Filed on May 15, 2008
Location: CHEVRON, 10202 Gravelly Lake Drive SW, Lakewood WA 98499
Parcels# 5030001890, 5030001900, 5030001920, 5030002000, 5030002010
RE: Perceived Code violations
(1) Fire & rodent hazard. Litter & dry long grass and uncut brush, weeds and blackberry vines in close proximity to
an elementary school (Park Lodge) and (2) occupied residential dwellings, those being located at 10211 Whitman Ave and 10219 Whitman Ave.
Violation applies particularly to parcels #5030002000 and #5030002010.
(2) Excessive deposits of trash and litter on public and private property located at 10202 Gravelly Lake Drive, including all parcels referenced above.
(3) Maintaining of an unsightly premises (ie. Litter, uncut grass and weeds) and an unsightly sign structure (i.e. tarp covered commercial signage)
Reference: City of Lakewood Municipal Code
08.16.030 - Vacant Lot or Building
Every owner of a vacant lot or building located in close proximity to another occupied dwelling unit shall keep the premises reasonably neat and clean and free of uncut grass, weeds, blackberry vines, bushes and debris, so as to prevent rodent, insect or other pest infestation, and so as to prevent a fire hazard. (Ord. 32 ? 3, 1996.)
08.16.010 - Nuisances Affecting Public Health
The following specific acts, conditions and things are declared to be nuisances: the maintaining, causing, allowing, leaving, or permitting to be or remain in or upon any private lot, building, structure, or premises, or in or upon any street, alley, or other public or private place in the City, any one or more of the following places, conditions, things or acts to the prejudice, danger, or annoyance of others:
including...
B. Filthy, littered or trash-covered premises, including all buildings and structures thereon and areas adjacent thereto;
C. Tin cans, bottles, glass, cans, wire, metal, articles, bric-a-brac, broken stone or cement, broken crockery, broken glass,
and all other trash or abandoned materials…
E. Any unsightly ... billboard or structure;
J. Blackberry vines or any tall grass or weeds over two feet in height which is rodent infested;
Cheveron Service Station
Comments
P.O. Box 4000
Bellaire, TX 77402-4000, USA
Tel. +1 800-962-1223
Email: conaffrs@chevron.com
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