Milwaukee City Building Inspector Tells Complaining Neighbor Facing Debris On His Walkway To Remove Damaged Gutter From Negligent Neighbor's House

Milwaukee Southside resident left with no option to resolve neighbor's rotting gutter, which has left debris on the walkway between homes.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 30, 2019

Milwaukee, WI - On Thursday, Ricardo Ruiz, a resident at the 1900 block of S. 12th Street is making his dilemma public after Alderman José G. Pérez from the 12th Aldermanic District has been negligent to assist appropriately including Milwaukee City Inspector Mike Scholar who has also failed to resolve a rotting gutter issue from Ruiz's neighbor who has also failed to fix the gutter and remove debris that has fallen on a walkway used by children and the fallen gutter has damaged a fence as well. According to Ruiz's daughter, Scholar told Ruiz to remove the damaged gutter from his neighbor's home located at 1916 S. 12th Street, which if Ruiz does, could very well end up being sued by his neighbor for removing the gutter from the adjacent property. Ruiz had contacted Alderman Pérez and the local Neighborhood Services to get his neighbor to fix the damaged gutter, but to no avail.

Apparently, the owner of the home where the damaged gutter is located passed away and his surviving daughter has also failed to up keep the property as the City code requires.

Ald. Pérez seems to have his own priorities, but if Ruiz had lived in the 8th Aldermanic District, Ald. Bob Donovan, who is retiring would have quickly resolved the issue and would have forced Neighborhood Services to handle the issue fast.