Description
There is a huge piece of land between Washington Street and Cleveland Street that has been overtaken by kudzu. I do not know who owns this property. We are having major problems with it growing on our bushes and trees. Is this property owned by the city of Raleigh? It used to be mowed and maintained but has not been taken care of this summer.
8 Comments
City of Raleigh 6 (Verified Official)
Tom (Registered User)
Acknowledged City of Raleigh 2 (Verified Official)
Sandra Kipp (Registered User)
City of Raleigh 6 (Verified Official)
The property you refer to is located at 501 Washington Street, and is owned by HEs & Cs LLC, a limited liability company registered with the NC Secretary of State. Contact information for the registered manager of this LLC, according to records on file with the Secretary of State, is as follows:
Catrina H Godwin, MS
3319 Ridgecrest Ct
Raleigh NC 27607
City code enforcement will review for any code violations here, but the larger issue is one neighbor not maintaining their property and impacting the adjoining neighbors along Cleveland Street. If is difficult for the City to mediate issues between neighbors. You may find the owners contact information of value while we continue to investigate any code violations.
With regard to the comment regarding Tilden Street and the adjoining railroad property, the same applies but with even more difficulty since the City has limited ability to affect railroad companies, and the presence of kudzu is a problem across the Southeast US and elsewhere. And has been a growing problem for many decades.
We will update with the status of possible code violations as soon as that is available.
Claire Roberts (Registered User)
I did have a conversation with Ms. Godwin and at this point she is unwilling to do anything about the kudzu. I think she feels that since the kudzu is a larger problem in the city it is not her responsibility to maintain. I did not press her on the issue and tried to remain neutral. Any suggestions you can provide are helpful at this point. Thank you for continuing to pursue a thoughtful resolution to this problem since it seems to be a big issue for those of us on Cleveland Street.
Kind regards,
Claire Roberts
Tom (Registered User)
Scott Roulston (Registered User)
Hi City of Raleigh 6-
This is still an ongoing issue for all of the residents of the north side of Cleveland St and south side of Washington St. The kudzu is bushes and killing old trees that have been here for decades. It’s quite the burden to keep up on a lot of people. How can we work together to rectify this?
Thanks,
Scott