Comments on: Bye-Bye Abandoned Shopping Carts

By: jen

jen — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:27:02 +0000

Shopping carts wouldn’t even faze me. The last place I lived had prostitutes, drug dealers and a meth lab across the street. Two or three times a week the police would drag one of the residents of our complex away.

By: witchtrivets

witchtrivets — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:58:32 +0000

The abandoned auto hotline works.

My neighbors abandoned a dead car in front of our house — after a month I called the hotline and a week later the city came and tagged the car. 3 days later the car was gone. Now if only I could get the city to remove the neighbors’ constantly barking dogs and blaring stereo — that is not quite as easy. (And yes I have spoken to the neighbors and the city about all these things.)

By: McAngryPants

McAngryPants — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:46:50 +0000

lots of good info. Thanks one and all!

By: av

av — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:29:01 +0000

Thanks for the info T. Solano. My neighborhood goes through periods of extensive shopping cart abuse & abandonment. Usually the shopping carts end up in front of our house, making my up-and-coming neighborhood feel more like hobo town. Honestly, I feel like the abandoned shopping carts are a gateway/green light for increased vandalism and unsavory behavior. I notice people seem to think that it’s suddenly ok for their dogs to s**t in our yard and throw garbage on our lawn for example.

By: T. Solano

T. Solano — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:20:17 +0000

Although the Abandoned Cart hotline number would prove very useful for shopping cart issues, it sounds like the City of Portland’s Residential Inspections section, at (503) 823-7306, would be more helpful in addressing multiple issues in relation to your neighbor’s messy property. Making a report to the Bureau of Development Services Residential Inspections helps enforce City Code Title 29.

They deal with issues such as:

1. Housing – health, sanitation, life safety
> Substandard Housing Complaints/Inspections – no running water, leaking plumbing, etc
> Housing Complaints – occupying a tent/trailer/camper on private property

2. Nuisance – exterior trash/debris, open/vacant structures, broken sewers or cess pool
> Tall grass & weeds (May through October)
> Illegal dumping on private land
> Derelict / Abandoned Buildings
> Street / Sidewalk obstructions including vegetation coming from the property
Planter boxes (etc) must be blocking the ENTIRE sidewalk to be considered an obstruction
> Dead or dangerous trees creating a hazard on private property

3. Disabled Vehicles on Private Property – visibly disabled vehicles stored on an unpaved surface.

If your neighbor has an Operable vehicle being stored on private property on an unpaved surface, please contact Compliance Services at 503-823-7305.

If they have Abandoned autos on the street and/or on public property, you may contact Abandoned Autos at 503-823-6814.

I hope this information will prove helpful. Here is the website address for future reference: http://www.portlandonline.com/bds/index.cfm?c=28397