WESTFIELD – A Montgomery Road family has been ordered to clean up their property after a visit by city inspectors Friday.
Police Officer Harry Sienkiewicz, the department’s code enforcement officer, reported late Friday morning that city building and health inspectors, Anthony Paroline and Stephen Cipriani, requested his assistance at 756 Montgomery Road.
Sienkiewicz said that the inspection had begun previously when the health department was advised of a dog complaint on the property but inspectors had been loath to enter the property alone.
He said that the inspectors found that significant renovations to the residence on the property were underway although no building permit had been issued, as required.
Siekniewicz said that he does not know what action the building inspector may have taken but he found three unregistered cars “more like pickup trucks, really” and the owners were put on noticed that they had 30 days to register or remove the vehicles.
He said that the property is on the outskirts of the city “almost near the Montgomery line” in a farming area. He said that farm vehicles were also present “but they’re exempt” from motor vehicle registration requirements.
He said that failure to comply would result in a $100 per day fine, per vehicle.
Kerri Francis, the city’s animal control officer also responded and she reports that she found two chickens running loose on the property, as well as an unlicensed and unvaccinated dog.
She also found that two horses were housed in a shed on the property which was filled with items which made it unsafe for equine habitation, although she stated that they appeared to be healthy.
Francis advised the landowners that the various deficiencies must be resolved within a month.
