Castleberry Hill Neighborhood » Code Enforcement & Clean Up

  • Code Enforcement & Clean Up

    Code Enforcement issues in Castleberry Hill are to reported to this sub-committee. If there are questions pertaining to reporting code enforcement or general questions please direct them here.

    Refer to contact page for chair information and calendar for meeting dates/times

    Important Links & Contacts:

    HAND BILLS/FLIERS ON CARS & POSTERS:

    • Collect the posters or fliers and bring them to the CHNA general meeting on the third Monday of the month. You can also drop them off at Public Works on the 4th floor of City Hall (Trinity Avenue).  Ask to speak to Gayla Dodson – GDodson@atlantaga.gov .  Public Works will then write illegal dumping citations.
    • The neighborhoods do the work, Public Works writes the citations and Code Enforcement follows them in court.  This works and the offenders will quit doing it once they are fined.
    • If police see the person placing the signs/cards, they can arrest them on the spot.  You should also call 911 if you see this illegal activity.

    GRAFFITI:

    The Code Enforcement committee and Executive Board of the CHNA has determined that many properties in the neighborhood are violating City of Atlanta Code. Graffiti, weeds and dumping has increased in the last 6 months. Un-kept neighborhoods and cities are havens for criminals. The book “The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell illustrates this point on the rise and fall of New York City. New York saw rapid declines in crime due to small but influential changes in the city environment. To reverse trends in crime, city officials started focusing on small things like graffiti, subway toll skippers and public acts of degeneracy. In keeping in this same context, many properties in Castleberry Hill will be reported to the Code Compliance office for similar violations. We ask that you do your part by removing graffiti from your building, pulling weeds on your property and cleaning up your property (up to and including the sidewalk and curb).By showing we care and taking care of our neighborhood we can send a message to criminals that we will not stand for their actions. Help us set an example for the entire city.

    • Click here for the Graffiti Hurts! brochure from Keep Atlanta Beautiful
    • (inactive right now) We invite you to join the CHNA Google Group to stay updated on code and safety issues.Another crucial aspect of the complex processes and mechanisms that cause trends to “tip” into mass popularity is what Gladwell terms the Power of Context. If the environment or historical moment in which a trend is introduced is not right, it is not as likely that the tipping point will be attained. To illustrate the power of context, Gladwell takes on the strangely rapid decline in violent crime rates that occurred in the 1990s in New York City.Although Gladwell acknowledges that a wide variety of complex factors and variables likely played a role in sparking the decline, he argues convincingly that it was a few small but influential changes in the environment of the city that allowed these factors to tip into a major reduction in crime. He cites the fact that a number of New York City agencies began to make decisions based on the Broken Windows theory, which held that minor, unchecked signs of deterioration in a neighborhood or community could, over time, result in major declines in the quality of living.To reverse these trends, city authorities started focusing on seemingly small goals like painting over graffiti, cracking down on subway toll skippers, and dissuading public acts of degeneracy. Gladwell contends that these changes in the environment allowed the other factors, like the decline in crack cocaine use and the aging of the population, to gradually tip into a major decline in the crime rate in the city.

    List of Code Issues Around Neighborhood:

    • Push button for walk signal is broken on West side of Walker Street crossing Centennial Olympic Park Dr. (needs confirmation)
    • Wheelchair ramp destroyed by storm drain on Haynes Street at Bradbury Street
    • Pothole from storm drain in left-hand Southbound lane of Centennial Olympic Park Dr, just South of Chapel Street
    • Wheelchairs ramps missing from the majority of intersections where crosswalks are needed

    List of Crosswalks Needed:

    • Crossing Nelson Street just North of Mangum Street (used to be there, not replaced after paving)
    • Crossing Centennial Olympic Park Dr at Nelson Street
    • Crossing Walker Street just South of Haynes Street
    • Crossing Walker Street at stop sign at Fair Street
    • Crossing Walker Street at Peters Street
    • Crossing Peters Street at Walker Street (GDOT)
    • Crossing Peters Street just South of Fair Street (GDOT)
    • Crossing Peters Street just South of Haynes Street (GDOT)
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