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â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"'â€"â€"â€"â€" l 8 ~ WM Hut K I (JulUNICLlr. - Wednesday. \eptemher it). 3008 O O t. . _: . e Piled up garbage a Slgll of September :/I , g A; (V A Br'Boti \Ilnmgc .- f... .- '2 ' . , , . I ‘ ~ , ‘ M #9252,»ng e, u , ~ J 1’}, i Q; ’ y I‘ I V i l - I M.\; k“? ‘ 1 looks like a scene trom a disaster . ' f1: Iniow'e With discarded couches, that I , veg-i ‘ ' ‘ h ' tresses and garbage strewn all over I , +M‘. _~ 7 l the front yards, ‘ l" - But for neighbours like (lord Ball. he . PU B Llc SALE knows exactly what‘s going on ~ it's 5 "‘ , = - move~in day and it's just the start of the ~ ., . ' garbage he sees piled up in his Water I ‘5' , l: "I loo neighbourhood every school year. ' :7 , ’3' saturday sept_ 20 “There‘s things i see and wonder f1” " , why we're considered an intelligent ‘ A" : ,.¢ - ' “if" ; community." said Ball. “i don't know ‘5 I 3 Thu fl 1 ,7 l W what l did to deserve this. I'm just try» . y g : , g i I! DOOR PRIZES ing to live my life inside by own home." A“ ' ’ i i ; ‘ - l 2M. Surrounded by student lodging ' 3‘s ‘7 3" :- KIX 106 Hometown houses. it comes in. waves and the flot- '- .é q; Handshake! sam seems to be piled up higher every , ,- t, j 7 T- H â€" 8‘ & Sat "om 9am-1pm year. And he doesn't even know whom ‘ a q“ 0mg t? . C ‘ to complain to anymore, - . g , ,3» 1" &.1 5 7' ' iiiooitisli L eTiE’i'Eii ome get you' pass Bylaw enforcement would have to “‘ .; fi‘ . ”fakimgjngg- x. ' ‘ COde "0|“ We . stop by on a daily basis, while com- ‘ . t g kg"? “ , ' ‘7’ V K KlX CHICKS plaining to the homeowners is impos» g __ M ‘ , “ “ . ' {’1 sible since most of the houses in his \. :1; 3 765?»: ‘ ‘ N ‘ ‘\ , neighbourhood are owned by absentee ", _ ‘ h - ,m” P . Quality 5. Somme First landlords. ‘ , 't . a], ' 05 Complete Y ”083m hegnight SC? them M1“: Garbage is strewn in front at a Marshall Street home in Waterloo. an indication of . Flooring Centre 5:; [3:33 thueggcshoglbggrfeaiig lb: the influx of students into the community in September, ”SWAN: more an ”“3 RUSS ' CW" 'CcmmiC other in May to tally up the damage, frustration and said her department in,” said George “We are going to have ”m.“ ‘ ”3‘4““‘4' l“'““*‘ ”i would love to win the lottery and has 31 investigations into property garbage at the curb and lots of time Financmg JiianlablcOAt‘ buy the house next to some of these maintenance complaints in the univer- when we're just waiting for the region absentee landlords," said Hall. “I would sity neighbourhoods. with six still orGoodwill to pick it up.” . “Mull.“ ”I Unit 103- Kitchener 519‘394'8757 ttill them up with every person 1 could ongoing and eight more added just last it's only if the unsightly mess con: ind." Friday. tinues that bylaw officers will revisit . Mary George. the manager of the “There is a transition period when roblem properties and ive them an www.water|OOChron|C|e.ca bylaw enforcement. understands the the students are going to be moving girder to clean up or get the city works department to do it and send the homeowner the bill. “But we do have to give them a rea- www’vwwater|°°'com sortable amount of time to have these . A . items removed from the property." said Ma e . your The B'g Wish George. "if we do pit k them up. the ‘ - ' owner of the property is billed for that ' 3 ‘ . ' cost." . ‘ " ' so Ies Event lim e‘trchihald. the manager of waste 0 swagen / i * i , management services tor the Region of . ~ Waterloo. said he's noticed all the piles . .4 ’ of garbage on the way into work last WISh , Great deals on all 2008 models. we“; ‘ . "I‘ve been driving in ll and i know , what you're talkingahout." he said. come rue The region adds an extra truck at . - ‘ this time of year in addition to the reg- ‘ . iilar garbage pickup collecting some of j l l O ' O C" O I - ' I the bigger items that are left at the . ’I‘ . ' . I 'A“ curb. . "We actually hire .i separate truck and crew for two weeks more or less." said Archibald “lht'v (lth‘ up and , lllLl down all the problem areas, if you Will. down S€(Ulll‘,’ lllOlllill‘,‘ 7” l0! YELC’W along(loliiiiiltia and University payment ' deposn payment UltldUlIiCS i “It‘s sort of ii grace period where we ' drive by every den and ileiin up because it's too much to expert “$0.000 cw w 1‘ \ CRY “to people to move into the city and not - » m‘ 9 have this type of issue ” W My d now d "were are still things they won't pick $15” ‘ - $16,” up such as erwastt’ like old televisions and computers or discarded propane , = j ‘ ‘ . ’ . , _ tanks from barbecues And after that y y ' ‘ . ' * . grace period they Will go around and a.-- O I I. w ‘ instruct the students about proper dis ‘ g ‘ posal and pickup days, â€" ' ' V} â€" in terms of extra costs. it's relatively ‘ j, P small considering the weekly collection j - â€" M - ' costs at ross the region And it's hal: i , anced out by the pickups the crews - y “'5" . ,, 1 - , 3 ;~ -_‘ , , , __,~ - g “a v, ‘ ~ . v, y v, at, t, _ .V don't have to do in the summer when V . , , m ’ ‘ ‘ p. . - , r :3 . , . L ‘ » " i“ i. » ”31%;“ ‘ most ofthe houses are empty 1 1‘ . . f ' i . ., y" S a "‘- "' if L» ”F ‘ . ’ ’, "it averages out over the course of a it c {f ' .' 2.37 .' ' "7"" 1;” .: £1; ' ”V 3" ‘5': ‘1‘193f3fi‘t I“? a .. 3“ 5» ‘ ‘4» v ‘ year." said Archibald “lt's pretty normal - x g ' m " 't v . . ' ' . g -' J a i if" . . a. 4 5:9}? ; operations after that initial cleanup." . ~ ‘ J ._ I” “a“. jg y: -. . i s “' ‘ 32"“; “A; LN» Archibald said they have similar ‘ .. ’ _ . 3: , ._-‘ . - ‘ , ' , i types of cleanups twite more through » ' ~' - ‘ '9, . “I?“ ,=. _ . M ’4‘ i; r; * r , ”’1’? the year, ”rice around (,hristmas when M “*0" “mm“ ”"w‘" “a“ f” m“ “i" j, ‘3‘..- . ‘H - ' ler term, and in May at the end of the r3 3.9.“ school year my 5331'“ . , But for neighbours living in the 'f “affix? heart of student neighbourhoods. ll " V» "' i : just never seems to end. “It's overwhelming." said “all. "But othat's whatghappens when you're stir: ‘mm‘i? absentee landlords ” r______â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"