'Clean up dog mess or face fine', Hull City Council warns owners
RESIDENTS who dump rubbish and refuse to clear up after their dogs are facing prosecution in a crackdown.
Hull City Council has pledged to tackle "neighbourhood nuisance" across the city.
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BAG IT: Those who do not clean up after their dog face prosecution in a council crackdown.
Five people have recently been fined more than £1,500 after being prosecuted by the council, including one man who did not clean up his dog's mess in his garden.
Justine Mortimer, neighbourhood nuisance manager for the council, said: "Residents and neighbours should not tolerate this kind of behaviour in their neighbourhood.
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"The council will investigate any reports and we will take action against those who do not supply information and comply with legislation."
The crackdown is part of Not Where I Live Week, which will target people causing problems and encourage residents to report any issues they have to the authority.
Those who have been taken to court by the council include:
Alexander Mark Hunter was fined £340 for not clearing up after his dog in the garden of his home in Newstead Street, west Hull. Council officers cleared his garden after he refused to do so.
Lisa Coxon, of Lingdale Road, east Hull, was served a council notice requiring her to clear 15 bags of rubbish from her garden. It was later found dumped on nearby playing fields. She was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £200 costs.
Sharon Corlass was forced to pay £490 after her rubbish was found emptied on to a council green in Brandsby Close, east Hull.
Jade Smith, of Dodthorpe, north Hull, was prosecuted after her rubbish was found dumped in 16th Avenue. She was given a conditional discharge.
Kiet Kim, the owner of Oriental Chef in Princes Avenue, west Hull, was fined £525 after some of his rubbish was found fly-tipped in Spring Bank.
This week, officers from Hull City Council and Humberside Police are visiting neighbourhoods across the city to encourage people to report problems including dog mess, graffiti and fly- tipping.
Ms Mortimer said: "We want residents to know where they can report antisocial behaviour and environmental crime in their area. We are here to tackle these problems and work with residents and communities until they are resolved.
"Neighbourhood nuisance will not be tolerated and residents don't have to put up with it."
Chief Inspector Dave Rawding, neighbourhood policing commander for Hull, said: "During the week, we will be working with residents to improve neighbourhoods, which includes initiatives to reduce crime, disorder, antisocial behaviour and other issues that concern the wider public.
"We will also be asking the public to tell us about their issues so we can work together to resolve them."
Anyone who wishes to report problems should e-mail enviro.crime@hull cc.gov.uk or call 01482 300300.
Comments
by babs71
Saturday, April 07 2012, 9:04PM
“I totally agree with dog owners picking up dog pooh, as I always did when my dog was alive, but I also believe horse owners should also be made to pick horse muck up as well. They mess on the pavements and roads and this could so easily be prevented if the owners were made to use those bags specially designed to place on the horses rear end to catch it which would stop this.”
by amt555
Friday, April 06 2012, 10:56AM
“by yisalplonkas
Thursday, April 05 2012, 5:51PM
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"amt555 one can only presume that your kids are a bit thick if you have to constantly tell them eh
To call a young child 'a bit thick' is rather intellectually basic...
On reviewing your various posts... ...I believe that you are, unfortunately, mentally restricted to the extent that a reasoned argument is beyond your limited capability...”
by Strangley
Thursday, April 05 2012, 9:45PM
“The streets of London are paved with gold
The streets of Hull are paved with Staffie $hit”
by hcfchcfc08
Thursday, April 05 2012, 7:28PM
“What a comment eh:
'There is nothing worse then walking around with a bag of poop in your hand!
Couldn't agree more, yuk, yuk, yuk and that's good enough to get rid of all filthy smelly dogs. We don't want them around where we go, so GET RID!
They only exist to service the mania of those who need to dominate another living creature. How women laugh and joke about having monster dogs castrated and that's just got to be worryingly weird. Hoo hoo hoo, I'd never have married one of those.”
by yisalplonkas
Thursday, April 05 2012, 5:51PM
“amt555 one can only presume that your kids are a bit thick if you have to constantly tell them eh”
by amt555
Thursday, April 05 2012, 4:48PM
“Licence all dogs (minimum £300 per annum per animal).
Tag all dogs.
Use Council CCTV to monitor 'troublespots' for dog fouling.
Install CCTV in 'troublespots' not covered.
Increase the level of fines by a substanstial percentage (another idiot tax - thanks for the cash speeders).
Man a 24hour 'hotline' to report mess not properly picked up.
I'm sick and tired of having to constantly tell my kids to watch where they are walking!”
by superdredge
Thursday, April 05 2012, 3:24PM
“hcfcchcfc08 must have took his dog for a walk he has gone quiet,im thinking he is kept in a kennel because he hates dog lovers so much.”
by a company
Thursday, April 05 2012, 12:06PM
“The council should be more concerned with removing dog waste from country paths where dog walkers plague the ground with their sh** . As a cyclist it is noticable that the lazy dog walkers only venture around 1 or at a push 2 miles from their favoured dog walker car parks as they are too lazy to go any further and probably too obese to pick up their dogs ****.”
by klhull0
Thursday, April 05 2012, 11:17AM
“What about Horse poo all over the roads.......who cleans that up! You should clean up after your dog, I do and would not think otherwise. More bins would be good though as there is nothing worse then walking around with a bag of poop in your hand!”
by Staneasthull
Thursday, April 05 2012, 10:37AM
“Its not the responsible dog owners who need to be targeted its the ones who still let their dogs out to take themselves for a walk. If the dog warden picked these dogs up instead of waiting for a member of the public to catch it it would solve some of the problems. The council crack down on these things for a short while then move onto something else and it goes back to being just as bad.”