From the Times Ledger:In response to a community outcry and violations from the city Environmental Control Board, a Trade Fair supermarket on 75th Street in Jackson Heights removed its sidewalk enclosure Saturday, City Councilman Daniel Dromm (D-Jackson Heights) said.
The councilman and community members had held a protest against the sidewalk enclosure earlier this year, saying the shed-like structure was illegal and a fire hazard.
The stores often set up sidewalk enclosures outside their storefronts where fruit and soda are displayed. Residents who live near one of the Jackson Heights locations, at 75-07 37th Ave., contended the enclosure was a fire hazard and that it was unfair that the company could take up so much of the sidewalk without paying fees like restaurants that operate sidewalk cafes.
The 37th Avenue and 75th Street store also received a partial vacate order from the city Department of Buildings in August 2011. The DOB said the extension was illegal, not constructed correctly and a potential hazard. The city Environmental Control Board also cited the chain with a violation when it did not take the enclosure down.
5 comments:
Super Halal Meat at 253-06 Hillside Avenue. This store also has constructed illegal enclosures around their entire building. Violations have been issued by the city but after almost two years NOTHING has been corrected.
Trade Fair also took over the sidewalk on 31 Avenue and 50 Street on the Woodside/Astoria border.
Woodside is full of these structures. Where can a citizen go to find out if they are legal?
nice work. now get rid of the paid off the books, illegal aliens INSIDE the stores!!
deportation is a GREAT IDEA.
LOCAL LAW 11 has opened the door for
this boondoggle throughout Queens.
A SIDEWALK SHED IS A STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED TO PROTECT PEDESTRIANS FROM OBJECTS FALLING FROM A BUILDING
OR CONSTRUCTION SITE.
They are required during construction,
demolition and when there is a dangerous condition.
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