The City of Port Moody could be bringing in the heavy equipment to clean up several vehicles, four steel shipping containers and even six derelict boats from a property on Ioco Road.
On Tuesday, March 12, council will decide whether to authorize a remedial action resolution against the property that’s been the subject of “a long history of complaints” about the unsightly storage of the items, along with dozens of others like construction equipment, trailers, cement blocks and household items.
In a report, Robyn MacLeod, Port Moody’s manager of building, bylaw and licensing, said several tickets have been issued over the years to the owner of 627 Ioco Rd. in the city’s Pleasantside neighbourhood.
And while some of the items have been cleaned up, she said, more usually end up on the property in short order.
“Bylaw enforcement officers have continued to issue multiple tickets to the property owner with little change in the property’s condition,” MacLeod said, and much of the detritus that’s generated “dozens of complaints” is visible from Ioco Road.
A letter the city’s lawyer sent to the property owner last October also hasn’t achieved “significant progress” in its cleanup, she added.
A resolution compelling remedial action would give the property’s owner a deadline of at least 30 days to begin cleaning it up.
If it’s not completed in time, the city could do the cleanup itself at the owner’s expense.
The owner would have 14 days to appeal the resolution to council.
