Monmouth area Residents air Concerns about Building
Monmouth Road residents aired their concerns about a building on their street at a public meeting Thursday. Resident John Parent called the meeting with residents, ward councillors, police, fire and city staff to discuss activities in the building at Monmouth Road and Tuscarora Street.
"We're trying to maintain the historic integrity of the neighbourhood," Parent told about 25 residents and city staffers at the Kildare House.
The building houses industrial tenants and on the ground floor is what residents call a "hot-rod" garage.
Vehicles are worked on frequently well into the night and are often parked on the sidewalks.
Other tenants in the building leave garbage such as large appliances outside for several days at a time.
© The Windsor Star 2006
City Officials Feel Monmouth Road Growing Pains
Neighbours from the 7 and 800 blocks met with City Councillors Valentinis and Halberstadt and representatives from the Building and Planning departments, Fire and Police departments and Ministry of the Environment last evening at the Kildare House. The main topic of discussion was noise, dumping and various infractrions from the Danzig Building on the six hundred block of Monmouth. John Parent and residents of the seven hundred block led the charge because they are tired of putting up with hot rod noise, sidewalk and street obstruction and garbage dumping on the aforementioned property. Security issues were also a concern.
Owners of the Danzig Building and of the Club Lofts also attended. In a nutshell, area residents expressed that the neighbourhood has been steadily and rapidly reforming over the past twenty years but now it's time for Danzig to pick up the pace and get on the bandwagon.
City officials, for the most part, said that little could be done because they did not find any conformance issues even though they have been regularly reported by neighbours over the past several years.
This is the second such meeting in the last two years. The first meeting had good results in that the Rave was closed down and all offending tennants were bounced. This time residents have been asked to provide video capture of any offence. So be it. Residents suggested that Danzig could easily cash in on the gentrification of the hood and the high end development (Club Lofts) across the street. An outdoor promenade with various shops such as dry cleaners, hair dressers, cafes etc. would easily serve a captive clientelle from Old Walkerville and the Lofts.
After the official meeting ended Spiro Goras, the owner/developer of Club Lofts spoke with residents and promised to speak one on one with the owners of Danzig about future potential and what needs to be done. Here is a link to his website: www.clublofts.com
The meeting also made the morning news on local radio stations.
Monmouth Road residents aired their concerns about a building on their street at a public meeting Thursday. Resident John Parent called the meeting with residents, ward councillors, police, fire and city staff to discuss activities in the building at Monmouth Road and Tuscarora Street.
"We're trying to maintain the historic integrity of the neighbourhood," Parent told about 25 residents and city staffers at the Kildare House.
The building houses industrial tenants and on the ground floor is what residents call a "hot-rod" garage.
Vehicles are worked on frequently well into the night and are often parked on the sidewalks.
Other tenants in the building leave garbage such as large appliances outside for several days at a time.
© The Windsor Star 2006
City Officials Feel Monmouth Road Growing Pains
Neighbours from the 7 and 800 blocks met with City Councillors Valentinis and Halberstadt and representatives from the Building and Planning departments, Fire and Police departments and Ministry of the Environment last evening at the Kildare House. The main topic of discussion was noise, dumping and various infractrions from the Danzig Building on the six hundred block of Monmouth. John Parent and residents of the seven hundred block led the charge because they are tired of putting up with hot rod noise, sidewalk and street obstruction and garbage dumping on the aforementioned property. Security issues were also a concern.Owners of the Danzig Building and of the Club Lofts also attended. In a nutshell, area residents expressed that the neighbourhood has been steadily and rapidly reforming over the past twenty years but now it's time for Danzig to pick up the pace and get on the bandwagon.
City officials, for the most part, said that little could be done because they did not find any conformance issues even though they have been regularly reported by neighbours over the past several years.
This is the second such meeting in the last two years. The first meeting had good results in that the Rave was closed down and all offending tennants were bounced. This time residents have been asked to provide video capture of any offence. So be it. Residents suggested that Danzig could easily cash in on the gentrification of the hood and the high end development (Club Lofts) across the street. An outdoor promenade with various shops such as dry cleaners, hair dressers, cafes etc. would easily serve a captive clientelle from Old Walkerville and the Lofts.
After the official meeting ended Spiro Goras, the owner/developer of Club Lofts spoke with residents and promised to speak one on one with the owners of Danzig about future potential and what needs to be done. Here is a link to his website: www.clublofts.com
The meeting also made the morning news on local radio stations.
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