GENESEO – Code enforcement officers with the Town and Village have found that the handicapped parking sign at Byrne Dairy gas station is just four inches higher from the ground than is allowed by code, making drivers who have active tickets for parking there wonder if their tickets can be appealed. Code Enforcement Officer Ron Maxwell said that Byrne Dairy has been notified of the violation and has 10 days to simply lower the sign to between … [Read more...]
Gassy Situation Puts Geneseo Sorority in the Cold
GENESEO – A leaky exhaust pipe in a gas furnace at a sorority house temporarily sent the residents scrambling for emergency housing. What followed was a headache of negotiations and repairs. That was the case for the residents on 14 Wadsworth Road, who had their house tagged on October 20th by the Code Enforcement Office of the Village of Geneseo. When their carbon monoxide detector went off on Sunday night, the residents called the fire … [Read more...]
EXCLUSIVE: Sweet Corn war at a boiling point in Avon
AVON — A battle of rival roadside sweet corn wars in Avon has reached a boiling point. In the Town of Avon board meeting held Thursday, July 25, Code Enforcement Officer, Dean O’Keefe brought the board's attention to disputes that have occurred involving sweet corn stands that are neighboring each other in Avon. “It seems there is a sweet corn war going on between corn stands,” said O’Keefe. O’Keefe told the town board that we received a … [Read more...]
Code Enforcement Officer for Town of Avon fired
AVON — Long time Code Enforcement Officer for the Town of Avon, Tony Cappello was shown the door by the Avon town board. Cappello was relieved of his duties as Code Enforcement Officer for the Town of Avon, when the town learned that Cappello had further training to complete in order to be fully certified as a code enforcement officer. “I don’t know how after almost ten years they could just let me go like that,” said Cappello. “They wouldn’t … [Read more...]