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Continued from page 3 "When thev did come to mow it, they did no trimâ€" ming," he said. "They mowed around the tree but they left the grass around the tree. "That grass has grown about twoâ€"feet since spring. This is a bad one, they haven‘t seemed to get the message here yet." Farrow said he‘s getting sick of trying to get that mesâ€" sage through to some of the neighbourhood‘s thickâ€"headâ€" ed landlords. He wishes the city would become more involved in preserving stanâ€" dards set out in its bylaws. "Why should 1 have to phone all the time to get these people to do a reasonable landscaping job," he said. Kaye Crawford, â€" team leader of the city‘s bylaw enforcement _ department, said Waterloo has launched a new proactive enforcement program where her team of four officers posts an order on problem properties. _ If the property isn‘t cleaned up within five days, Even when these land speculators come around to do work, Farrow said it‘s usuâ€" ally the bare minimum. "This one with the big pine tree was a hayfield three times this year," he said. "In the spring time there were 18 pizza boxes lying in the snow. "Look at how other people keep their properties here â€" neat and clean. The grass at this house has gone to seed." Properties gone to seed Windshield " Entire " Inventory Priced CANADA DAY SALE MONDAY JULY city charges about $150 for each cleanup, whether it involves snow shovelling or lawn mowing. the city moves in to do the work and adds that cost to the property owner‘s tax bill. The That program has generatâ€" ed quicker compliance so far this year, and hasn‘t yet generâ€" ated any work orders for the city. However, that proactive enforcement program is only active in areas around the university where the city has received upwards of 500 calls of complaints a year in the Residents in areas outside the university zone still have to call the bylaw enforcement office at 747â€"8714 to register their complaints. "We‘ll try to respond to them as quickly as we can," said Crawford. "It is our high season right now." "People buy them, turn them into cubicles, come around with their empty pockets to fill them up, but don‘t give a damn about their properties." â€" Sherwood Farrow concerned resident SALE CONTINUES UNTIL JULY 7th The city might look into expanding that enforcement zone by 2003, when the douâ€" ble cohort of graduating classâ€" es is expected by local univerâ€" sities. But that will depend on how landlords comply with existing bylaws. Until then, Farrow promisâ€" es to keep the pressure on the absentee homeowners in his area. "I‘m not going to stop call ing," he said. Waterloo Soceer Camp At Resurrection H.S. 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