Report, report, report
To the editor:
Dear fellow citizens of Cape Coral. If you are angry and frustrated with the multiple code violations that are occurring in your neighborhoods: you have to report them!
If you attend or watch any Cape Coral City Council meetings, the council always responds the same way… you have to report it.
If everyone starts to report the violations it will become such a big issue that maybe Cape Coral will hire more code enforcement officers. It also creates a paper trail for any future code hearings with the special magistrate.
Don’t be afraid of retaliation as there are criminal laws on the books that protect us from that!
Cape Coral code says: No boats or trailers in driveway or front yard, no RVs are allowed in backyards, no chickens/goats in backyards, no one can live in a shed in a backyard… the list goes on.
As for parking issues (parking on vacant lots) parking all over front lawns, ATVs riding up/down streets… these issues can be reported to the police on their non-emergency line.
We need to return Cape Coral to the city it was when we bought here and to feel safe in our neighborhoods, should we decide to report a code violation!
If not, take all the codes off the book and see what happens… oh wait, it’s happening now!
Maria A. Morris
Cape Coral