“In addition to the mess and periodic complaints from vehicle owners, there is a potential but small health risk associated with such droppings. “We have had issues with pigeons roosting and nesting in the parking garage with the resultant droppings creating a nuisance on vehicles and within the building,” he said. “For example, if pigeons are roosting in large numbers in vacant upper floors of buildings, we could likely order the owner to take steps to address the problem, much as we can require dog owners to clean up their properties if they become unsanitary.”īarrett said the city employee approached building management because residents were feeding pigeons close to or inside the parking garage.
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“While we can control such activity in/around our buildings in an effort to minimize issues, we don’t prohibit feeding pigeons elsewhere, although Code Enforcement can become involved if things get out of hand,” Barrett said in an email. However, Barrett said feeding pigeons does not violate any city ordinance and bird feeding is not limited to Kennedy Park. Messages left for building management were not returned Friday.Ĭity Administrator Ed Barrett said a city maintenance employee recently spoke to the building manager and asked him to ask the residents not to feed the pigeons around the parking garage located across the street. If you would like to continue feeding the birds the City of Lewiston has stated that you MUST go to Kennedy Park to do so.” Please do not just go to another location nearby and feed them. “It would be unfortunate for the city to have to take these measures. “The city has noted that they have the authority to exterminate the birds but this is not an avenue they want to resort to,” the memo went on to say. The first half of the letter informed residents about an upcoming inspection, while the second half told them - in bold, uppercase letters and underlined - “All residents must stop feeding the pigeons.” The memo was sent by the Barkan Management Company to all residents of the Oak Park Apartments, a subsidized apartment building located at 10 Oak St. This is one of the little things I enjoy in life, and they want to take that away from me, too. “Here I’ve lived in the city 50 years and I’ve been feeding the birds all my life. “I am so bothered by this,” said David Sites, 68.
One resident said building managers also threatened him with eviction when he complained about the sudden ban. The memo, sent by the building’s management company to about 100 residents this week, implies the city will kill the birds if the feeding continues. Two porches on the back of the apartment house were gutted and there appeared to be extensive damage on the upper floors.LEWISTON - The elderly residents of a subsidized apartment building have been told to stop feeding pigeons. Fire officials were still investigating the cause of the blaze Thursday night and still assessing damage to the building. It sits up on a hill with two buildings on either side. The brick home was built in 1900 and was among the first to go up on Court Street. The street was reopened shortly before 4 p.m.īy 2:45 p.m., the flames were out but fire crews remained at the scene, snuffing out hot spots and mopping up. Police blocked a section of Court Street between Turner Street and Minot Avenue, causing minor traffic snarls on surrounding streets as motorists sought other ways around the fire scene. “Usually between Lewiston and Auburn we could handle this,” Fifield said, “but the heat was difficult on our staff.” No injuries or heat related maladies were reported as fire crews battled the fire. A water station was set up next to a United ambulance in a parking lot off High Street.Īuburn Deputy Fire Chief Matthew Fifield said he called in help from extra departments due to the heat, which can quickly sap a firefighters stamina. Fire crews from Oxford and Durham filled in at the Auburn fire station. In addition to Auburn, fire crews from Lewiston, New Gloucester and Poland battled the fire, contending with 85-degree temperatures and high humidity.
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