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"Handyman" Business Allowed To Run Illegally Out Of 409 W. Sycamore Court Since Mid September, 2013 By Code Enforcement And Town Council

This is a "Handyman" vendor, who does work out of his rental house. The dumpster is gone, but the renter still continues to operate a "Handyman" vendor commercial business out of our residential neighborhood.

He needs to rent an office in a commercial area per our "District Categories".

It suggests that others in our neighborhood can run an illegal commercial vendor business in a District Category, which is specifically for residents only, per our City Codes.

Code Enforcement has degraded our neighborhood beyond words. This renter has been told many times by Code Enforcement to move his commercial dumpster. The renter does for a short period of time. Wherever that renter stores that commercial dumpster he owns, he can permanently store his dumpster in that area, and not in a residential area.

The Police Chief and City Council obviously are very unknowledgeable about business to allow our neighborhood property assessments to be devalued because our neighborhood has been turned into a business neighborhood with commercial vendor dumpsters and renters operating illegal vendor businesses out of a residential neighborhood. These folks have no business acumen at all. They have no business running our City, as they have run it into the ground. Typical Republicans trying to shutdown our government in our City by collecting less taxes from our neighborhood homes.

Backed into a corner the paid public servants involved in these illegal areas of Louisville kick the can down the road and "do nothing". Everybody should be impeached, in my humble opinion.

Sec. 17.12.010. District categories. permanent link
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4. Residential low density R-L. The residential low density R-L district is comprised of typical urban density single-family residential areas.

7. Commercial neighborhood C-N. The commercial neighborhood C-N district is comprised of areas to accommodate mixed residential and commercial uses. Uses in this district shall be strictly reviewed to ensure compatibility.

Commercial community C-C. The commercial community C-C is a district comprised of areas to provide for a restricted range of retail sales and services including opportunities for a limited variety of comparative shoppers' goods.

Commercial business C-B. The commercial business C-B is a district comprised of areas to provide for a full range of retail sales and services including opportunities for a complete variety of comparative shoppers' goods.

Sec. 9.04.050. Disobeying a lawful order.

It is unlawful for any person to knowingly disobey the lawful order of any police officer, firefighter, or emergency personnel giving incident to the discharge of the official duties of such police officer or firefighter.

(Code 1977, § 9.04.050; Ord. No. 748-1981, § 4)

Here are 3 of our City laws from our Municode.

Sec. 10.20.040. Oversized commercial vehicles. permanent link to this piece of content

An oversized commercial vehicle, defined as any vehicle registered, licensed or used for commercial purposes or displaying advertisements for commercial enterprise and exceeding 18 feet in length, 18 feet in combined length for vehicles with trailers, or eight feet in height, or 8,000 pounds in weight by the G.V.W. rating indicated on vehicle, loaded or unloaded, shall be prohibited from all zoning districts except with the following exceptions: I-Industrial.

Oversized commercial vehicles incidental to a commercial enterprise shall be permitted on the premises of such commercial enterprise in C-C, C-B, C-N, zoning.

Loading or unloading of moving vans or similar type vehicles used for moving of personal goods for a period of 24 hours or less.

Temporary parking for pickup and delivery purposes for a period of four hours or less.

Construction equipment and/or machinery employed in any public works project in the city parked at the site of and for the duration of such construction.

(Code 1977, § 10.20.040; Ord. No. 748-1981, § 5)

Chapter 17.20 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING ^[1]

Sec. 17.20.160. Motor vehicle parking limitations.

B. On residential lots, no more than two motor vehicles may be parked on any area of the lot other than within a fully enclosed structure or on the paved driveway which is intended for parking or access to the garage or carport. A motor vehicle which is parked or stored on an improved surface adjacent to a paved driveway, or in a rear yard, a side yard, or a side yard adjacent to the street shall be counted towards the limit of two such vehicles. No more than one such motor vehicle may be an inoperable vehicle as defined in section 8.16.040.D.1 of this Code.

Sec. 17.20.100. - Parking spaces not to be used for storage or advertising. Required parking spaces shall be available for the parking of operable passenger automobiles of residents, customers, patrons, and employees only, and shall not be used for the storage of vehicles or materials or for the parking of trucks used in conducting the business or use, or for the purpose of advertising.(Code 1977, § 17.20.100; Ord. No. 715-1981, § 15)



The dumpster is gone, but the renter still continues to operate a "Handyman" vendor commercial business out of our residential neighborhood.	This renter has an employee with a "Handyman" truck, which parks in the renter's driveway for the day. The renter and his employee leave in the renter's commercial vendor truck for the day for "Handyman" work. This employee of the renter needs to park his "Handyman" truck anywhere but in our neighborhood, as our neighborhood is not a commercial vendor district category for the parking of this renter's employee's truck. We in the neighborhood do not want to see a renter's employee's "Handyman" commercial vendor truck with advertisements for his company on the side of the truck parked in our residential neighborhood all day long. With Code Enforcement allowing this illegal vendor activity in our neighborhood, it also suggests that others in our neighborhood can run an illegal commercial vendor business in a District Category, which is specifically for residents only, per our City Codes.	Shows the "Handyman" truck gone. But the commercial vendor truck is still there. The renter does not work on Sunday.
When added with the illegal commercial dumpster being allowed to be able to be parked/stored in our neighborhood, this renter has been operating an illegal commercial vendor business out of our residential neighborhood for over 40 days. Enough is enough!!!! With Code Enforcement allowing this illegal vendor activity in our neighborhood, it also suggests that others in our neighborhood can run an illegal commercial vendor business in a District Category, which is specifically for residents only, per our City Codes. I was not up early enough to get a pic of the "Handyman" truck loading up for supplies at the renter's house at 409 W. Sycamore Ct.	The renter's "Handyman" truck comes very early in the morning so nobody can see that this renter is operating an illegal business out of his renter residential house in a residential neighborhood. That is exactly what the Mr. Rooter business did. As City Council and Code Enforcement allow this illegal activity in our neighborhood, our property assessment values go down. What a horrible way to run a City government that needs $$$ to fix roads and our golf course after the September floods. These people who run our City are horribly corrupt in my humble opinion.	The renter's "Handyman" truck comes very early in the morning so nobody can see that this renter is operating an illegal business out of his renter residential house in a residential neighborhood. That is exactly what the Mr. Rooter business did. This was happening at 6:50 a.m. this morning. As City Council and Code Enforcement allow this illegal activity in our neighborhood, our property assessment values go down. What a horrible way to run a City government that needs $$$ to fix roads and our golf course after the September floods. These people who run our City are horribly corrupt in my humble opinion.
The renter's "Handyman" truck comes very early in the morning so nobody can see that this renter is operating an illegal business out of his renter residential house in a residential neighborhood. That is exactly what the Mr. Rooter business did. This was happening at 6:50 a.m. this morning. The "Handyman" sign is gone off the worker's truck. But with a ladder on the top it shows it is a "work" truck and not a residential truck. The signs can be seen in the 9-25 and 9-28 pics, both sides. The back of the truck is open, as supplies are being loaded into the back of the "Handyman" truck.	Day 4 for this week. The renter's "Handyman" truck comes very early in the morning so nobody can see that this renter is operating an illegal business out of his renter residential house in a residential neighborhood. When are you going to stop this illegal activity that brings down our assessment values????? That is exactly what the Mr. Rooter business did. This was happening at 6:50 a.m. this morning. The back end of the "Handyman" truck is open, as it is being loaded up with supplies from the renter's house operating the illegal vendor commercial business out of a residential neighborhood. The "Handyman" sign is gone off the worker's truck. But with a ladder on the top it shows it is a "work" truck and not a residential truck. The signs can be seen in the 9-25 and 9-28 pics, both sides. Code Enforcement has obviously informed this renter about our "advertising" on commercial vehicles in residential neighborhoods is illegal. So the "Handyman" signs are gone off the vendor truck with the ladder on top. Mr. Rooter does the same thing. They have their white trucks with no advertising on them come to the house at the end of W. Sycamore Court to get their supplies. This, of course, has been going on since 2012. Somebody in our Code Enforcement Department obviously told the illegal vendors how to skirt our City laws. That is so very publically corrupt. Bribes???? The renter leaves for the day with his commercial vendor truck and the "Handyman" truck with the ladder on top. That makes the "Handyman" truck a non residential vehicle, as nobody else in our neighborhood has a residential truck with a ladder on top all the time.	Day 5 for this week. The renter's "Handyman" truck comes very early in the morning so nobody can see that this renter is operating an illegal business out of his renter residential house in a residential neighborhood. When are you going to stop this illegal activity that brings down our assessment values????? That is exactly what the Mr. Rooter business did. This was happening at 6:23 a.m. this morning. The back end of the "Handyman" truck is open, as it is being loaded up with supplies from the renter's house operating the illegal vendor commercial business out of a residential neighborhood. The "Handyman" sign is gone off the worker's truck. But with a ladder on the top it shows it is a "work" truck and not a residential truck. The signs can be seen in the 9-25 and 9-28 pics, both sides. Code Enforcement has obviously informed this renter about our "advertising" on commercial vehicles in residential neighborhoods is illegal. So the "Handyman" signs are gone off the vendor truck with the ladder on top. Mr. Rooter does the same thing. They have their white trucks with no advertising on them come to the house at the end of W. Sycamore Court to get their supplies. This, of course, has been going on since 2012. Code Enforcement is obviously telling this renter that folks in the neighborhood are complaining of the renter operating a vendor business out of a residential neighborhood early in the morning. This "Handyman" truck used to arrive in our neighborhood after 7 a.m.. Then it became 6:50 a.m.. Now it is 6:23 a.m.. The "Handyman" truck is coming earlier and earlier, so I do not get the picture proof. Why is Code Enforcement encouraging this renter to continue to break our residential "District Categories"? Somebody in our Code Enforcement Department obviously told the illegal vendors how to skirt our City laws. That is so very publically corrupt. Bribes???? The renter leaves for the day with his commercial vendor truck and the "Handyman" truck with the ladder on top. That makes the "Handyman" truck a non residential vehicle, as nobody else in our neighborhood has a residential truck with a ladder on top all the time.