N8N wrote:
Tim Fischer wrote:

wrote in message news:8P2_g.1543$rS.1043@fed1read05...

I recently got a violation from the city's neighborhood services deptmnt.
neighborhood preservation division
I would like to look up the actual complaint filed to the city, and
possibly by whom. Anyone know how to find out
this info?

You can't. That's part of what makes the system work. If it's a valid
complaint, fix the issue. If it's invalid, then you should be easilly
'cleared' by the city.

No valid need to know. Snub all of your neighbors, if you must...

-Tim


I hope I never live in a neighborhood where my neighbors feel that they
have to whine to the authorities before coming to talk to me about
something they perceive as a problem.

nate

It isn't the neighborhood, it is the neighbor. I've got neighbors who
stoop to assault when folks don't submit. Then there is vandalism, like
keying cars. Getting a police officer inclined to do paperwork is iffy
where I live. On one occasion, a condo board member liked to turn on
sprinklers when I was in the yard and I called the police again. I was
doing some spray painting outdoors, small project, no noise or waste,
sunday afternoon during time watering was prohibited. FOUR police cars
showed up, one guy did most of the talking. I went back to finish what
I was doing, and the sprinkler came on again before the cops had left.
I walked back out to the officer I had originally spoken with. He said
he didn't enforce building codes, looked at his watch and said, "She's
legal now.", it being a minute or two into LEGAL watering time at that
point. A female officer, sitting in her car, said, "Well, she really
shouldn't be doing that."

The same person had previously assaulted me when I turned the sprinkler
off one evening because I was expecting company and wanted to use the
yard. Good Friday evening! It still makes my hands shake when I
recount it, and haven't thought about it in a while. Condo unit owners
are all well aware of her conduct.

So, it's nice to presume that a nice guy has inadvertenly let something
fall into disrepair and is willing to talk about it. Lots of folks
aren't that way. There was a shooting in our county a few months back
that was the end result of some code issue. One can avoid contact
unless you are dealing with a person who will not be avoided.