Melani writes: "If none of this helps, the next step would be to report
this to L&I.....if it's a single family house, the law says "not more
than 3 unrelated persons in a dwelling unit...."
Neighbors,
This misinformation has been pushed by civic associations and award
winning real estate agents for a long time. Some years ago, I exposed
this faulty generalization on this public list, but the big lies have
staying power! The trick is to take a specific rule for a specific
situation, and dishonestly misapply it to any situation in the interest
of gentrification and abuse of power.
Neighbors, if you and your working class friends are sharing a six
bedroom house to conserve fossil fuel, do not believe these "community
leaders" trying to frighten you! (They may indeed try to abuse the power
of the state to cause you harm(L&I, cops, etc.) But this
misappropriated rule is intended to instill anger among their base.)
Melani's rule is meant for a classification of boarding house in which
the roomers do not have access to a shared kitchen! (I confirmed this
with a deputy commissioner from L&I at a very early UCD meeting.)
Of course, the rule makes sense to discourage 3 unrelated people in a
single room of a boarding house from using a hot plate! It is an absurd
concept for those people who care about the planet, while living in a
neighborhood of 3-story, six bedroom houses! Let me be perfectly clear;
Melani's rule has nothing to do with a six bedroom, single family house,
shared by 6 people!
In this neighborhood, we have long had bullies often referred to as "the
anointed." Their goal is to have a gentrified zone of wealthy people,
and they think nothing of spreading false information. It's impossible
to know which "community leaders" are simply dimwits and which are
intentionally lying, when a lie persists over decades. (Both civic
association leaders and award winning real estate agents should always
give honest information. But we live in an upscale district and too
often honesty is for the little people.)
These anointed only want rich people in these huge houses wasting huge
amounts of fossil fuel, so that they can live according to their
fantasies of a wealthy Victorian village from a Jane Austen novel. They
send out their block commanders with this lie to scare students, young
people, and working class people who do not live in the corporate owned
student ghetto.
I would urge everyone to take information from these anointed, award
winning, good folks with a boulder, not a grain, of salt.
Yours truthfully,
Glenn
PS: Isn't it a lifeline to have a public list where lies can be exposed
by trouble making tellers of the truth.
On 1/6/2011 11:49 AM, Melani Lamond wrote:
I think Joe is on the right track: perhaps it's best to make the
assumption that they just don't know they're being rude & doing the
wrong thing! I'd start with a polite note to them, slipped in their
door (better than talking to just one of them, who might not pass the
word along), attaching a copy of the City's recycling information
(which you can download online). Also, depending on your relationship
with the landlord, if you are on good terms, you might call or email
the landlord & say that the students need instruction and more
containers (and "good neighbor" lessons).
If your polite note is ignored and the landlord isn't concerned, then
next I'd write a more serious note and cc the landlord, so that the
students know they're being "reported." You might also find out
how/where to send it to the folks who issue trash tickets, so that
you've got something in writing showing that there is a problem and
you've tried to solve it - probably useful to have, if you get a
ticket because of their trash.
If none of this helps, the next step would be to report this to
L&I.....if it's a single family house, the law says "not more than 3
unrelated persons in a dwelling unit...." It's not enforced often,
but sometimes it does get enforced, and no landlord wants L&I looking
closely at her/his building.
I understand what you're saying about not wanting to antagonize them,
but this is lease renewal time for most student landlords, so RIGHT
NOW - but not six months from now - the landlord would be able to
non-renew, and then replace the bad tenants at the end of the lease.
So s/he wouldn't have as much to lose by being tough on them. If you
wait till later in the spring, the landlord will be afraid of having a
vacancy if they go, so s/he'll be less likely to try to change their
behavior.
Melani
Melani Lamond, Associate Broker
Urban & Bye, Realtor
3529 Lancaster Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
cell phone 215-356-7266
office phone 215-222-4800, ext. 113
-----Original Message-----
From: Ann Mayer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wed, Jan 5, 2011 5:41 pm
Subject: [UC] re: neighbors dumping their trash in my receptacles
Anyone know what the best way is to handle my student neighbors who
dump their trash both in my
trashcan (both before it is put out on the sidewalk and after it is
placed out for collection) and in
my recycling bin? What they often do is COMBINE recycling material
with trash, and I am
worried that I am going to get in trouble with the city for not
recycling properly.
I just came back from the holidays to find my trashcan (on my
property) stuffed to the brim with
a combination of their trash and materials that we are required to
recycle.
These are exceptionally piggish students, who are also inconsiderate
in other ways.
Since they are not nice peoplet to begin with, I am anxious not to get
into a situation where I
unduly antagonize them, which would likely result in more hassles.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Ann
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