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Dearborn’s Public Service Days Begin April 5

Beginning April 5, parked vehicles left on the streets on a Public Service Day will be ticketed.

Get ready for Pubic Service Days. They begin April 5 and will now run through Dec. 3.

While some may balk at having to remove their cars from the street once a week, this is a strong program to help keep our neighborhoods looking good.

A new change for this year is that the program runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. That allows many residents to leave for school or work without having to worry about moving their parked vehicles from the street.

Tickets will be issued to owners of parked vehicles left on the streets during Public Service Days, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For 2010, Public Service Days are the same day as trash collection days, every week.

Check www.cityofdearborn.org or call 943-2886 for general information on Public Service Days. For parking issues related to Public Service Days, call 943-2276.

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  • Dearbornette

    Now, please proceed to actually enforce the ordinance and ticket the morons! I can’t tell you how many times people on my street (and it’s always the same ones) have parked in the street on public service day and not been given a ticket. It only takes one ticket for most people and then they get it unless they have an unlimited pocketbook. And, it would make sense if the City would put up more signs so that visitors or contractors would be informed, too!

  • Public Service Days are a joke!

    A person that lives very close to our home has had a pontoon sitting in his driveway since August of 2008 with a big green tarp thrown across the top of it for decoration. He lives on Penn Street on the west side of Telegraph. Now he has a beat-up white junker car that he parked in front of it to add to the lovely view. In addition, he has a broken down car in his backyard that no one can see.

    We called several times to ask that the city do something about it and nothing has been done.

    But the city is still paying Robo cops to drive around our neighborhoods and ticket people that don’t move their cars on trash day? What a joke!

  • A Dearborn Employee

    Public Service Days are a joke!: The Legal Dept will not allow the enforcement of inoperable vehicles parked on private property, regardless of what the ordinance reads. Inspectors are not allowed to enter yards without permission of the owner or without an administrative search warrant. If something in a yard is not visible from the street then the inspectors cannot see it to do enforcement and since Legal is not letting enforcement on inoperable vehicles happen anyway, its really a moot point.

    As to Public Service Day tickets: worthless. The tickets are only $7.00 and if the recipient calls the court to protest the ticket is dismissed. Although there is a tier for higher fines to be levied after the first offense, it never actually happens as there is no mechanism in place to track those who have received multiple tickets, thus each ticket written is a “first offense”, and is fined at $7.00.

  • andy

    Joke is putting it mildly — The big O has selective type enforcement. The robo-cops don’t even go down certain streets because the big O doesn’t want to ruffle their feathers, or the Chief who doesn’t even live in the City has certain areas he tells his boys to stay away from — all I can say is enforce it evenly or don’t enforce it, and simply hand out warnings.

  • hopeful

    On a recent warm day, and my spouse & I had a vacation day….so we cleaned up the yard and put out the debris (Very nicely packaged) to the curb come garabge day. The city did not pick that up. I am NOT complaining about that. I do understand that the City does not pick up yard waste until a certain day of the year (we honestly forgot). What DID bother me, was that we received a business card from some city official with a note reprimanding us for doing this. REALLY??? We keep a meticulous clean home (inside & out)! How about giving such notices to the neighbors that let their weeds grow, or let the paint peel, or porch concrete crack etc. etc.
    Come on Dearborn! I love this City, but there is absolutely some wrong priorities at City Hall!

  • Donna Hay

    Hopeful, how right you are.

  • Donna Hay

    The city seems to think that all residents are aware of when the leaf pickup starts and ends – well someone better tell the mayor’s neighbors – I drove by there on Sat and a bunch of his neighbors still have bags sitting in front of their houses and pickup was Friday. Wonder if they will receive a ticket?????? Guess not everyone keeps their calendar, watches CDTV, visits the city website or reads the Press and Guide – no surprise to me that they don’t.

  • Michael D. Albano

    With 8 Field Inspectors in Residential Services and 12 Field Inspectors in Commercial Services/DPW, there should be no reason any part of the city looks decayed or run down. The number of Field Inspectors we have has risen from 1 to 18 and these Field Inspectors handle and respond to complaints every day. If anyone is aware of some residences and neighbors not complying with our strict aesthetic and city building codes, I’d suggest they look up the number of Residential Services or DPW on the city website and make a call to the Director of those departments, especially if you’ve notified the city and nothing has been done within a reasonable time frame. Anytime I have called either department, even without calling the Director of either department, the city responds promptly and resolves the issue.