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Animanialmanac t1_j7sfy4b wrote

Reply to comment by BmoreCityDOT in Thanks to increased 311 reports, we were able to issue 29 bike lane parking citations in the last 2 weeks alone. by BmoreCityDOT

I forgot to mention the corner of Bloomfield Avenue and Saint Benedict Street. This is not a tractor trailer parking, it’s a car with an expired license plate used by a heroin dealer as his shop. He sits in the car during the evening and night to sell, he stays inside a vacant home during the day. Every now and then In” see him drive to the gas station, for the most part the car is on the corner for weeks at a time without moving. The city police said they can’t do anything because this is a DOT matter, because of the expired licensed plates. The county policeman who comes to our block meeting is certain city police could mark the car for towing if they wanted, but he hasn’t worked for city police for years so the process may have changed. The car is parked past the no parking sign at the corner, making it hard to see around the corner to turn, plus the people who come to the area to buy from leave litter around. I asked my neighbor, she has called 311 about the expired licensed plates multiple times. There should be 311 requests about it. Do you need the 23- number from her?

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BmoreCityDOT OP t1_j7ulm91 wrote

Hmm. The best thing to do in this situation would be to call 311 back with the SR number, and ask for a status update. It may already be marked for towing.

When calling, you can say “I’d like to check on the status of my service request. Would you mind looking up the details in the Salesforce system for me please?”.

This will get you the most information.

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Animanialmanac t1_j7wbyf7 wrote

DOT closed the requests as “gone on arrival”, even though the car is still there.

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