Editor:
Re: Neighbours’ calls to city precipitate bylaw fines, Feb. 3.
Interesting that calls from residents living in Summerfield brought out the aggressive, overzealous bylaw officers to ticket cars.
I can advise that many residents in the same area have contacted the non-aggressive, non-overzealous bylaw officers to make a visit and tour a filthy worksite in the area.
I had a bylaw officer agree with me after visiting the site that it is filthy, and the owner stated he would be cleaning the site asap. That was six months ago and nothing has changed, and a bylaw officer has never followed up.
During the last wind storm, junk from the site was blown onto the street and into the yard of the complex west of it, requiring the residents to clean up their yards.
One resident contacted the city on this matter, which I understood would be confidential. However, the person at city hall whom he spoke with contacted the property owner of the construction site and gave the owner the person’s name and number. The construction site owner then contacted the complainant and blasted him. So much for confidential information.
Would it be possible to locate an aggressive bylaw officer and have this filthy site cleaned as per present bylaw rules, and maybe lay off the parking tickets for one day and do a real inspection?
Fred Somers Sr., Surrey
