Dirty Del Rio

When the grass is so tall in the medians that it's above your truck window.... Does the city not own a lawn mower? Or do they only reserve them for the baseball fields?

SO. MANY. VIOLATIONS.

Lovely landscaping by Jack in the Box here in Dirty Del Rio. It's probably the councilman's favorite restaurant since it showcases their complete incompetence in keeping our city clean.

After the flood of 1998, Del Rio vowed better flood control measures to ensure such a tragedy would never happen again. These photos are the overgrown drainage areas that are supposed to help alleviate high water issues. Glad they took it seriously.

Congrats Del Rio! Your government has screwed you again! City council voted to keep the same property tax rate in this artificially inflated market. They could have voted to lower the rate to keep taxes the same, but chose to stick to the citizens instead. All properties inside city limits can look forward to about a 15-18% higher tax bill. Overall the city is looking at nearly 1.5 million in additional taxes this year. How do you think they will misappropriate it?

I'd want to close down too if I had to look at this scenery every day. The city needs to enforce property maintenance codes. Especially on the main thoroughfare in town!

Something tells me there isn't much regard for code around this place. Maybe if it was actually enforced people would respect it...

In addition to junk making our town look terrible, there are innumerable areas of overgrown and unkempt lots. Why does code enforcement not do anything about these places? Whether they be occupied or vacant, someone is responsible and gets a tax bill every year. Per city code, any overgrowth over 48" tall may be cut down by city crews without prior notice and the financial responsibility passed on to the property owner via tax lien or other means. Anything under 48" they are to send a notice to the property owner and after 10 days may pursue the same means. This is why we need real leadership in this dying town.

Sec. 17-322. - Junked vehicle declared to be public nuisance.
A junked vehicle, including a part of a junked vehicle, that is in ordinary public view at any time of the year:

(a)Is detrimental to the safety and welfare of the public;(b)Tends to reduce the value of private property;(c)Invites vandalism;(d)Creates a fire hazard;(e)Is an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors;(f)Produces urban blight adverse to the maintenance and continuing development of municipalities; and(g)Is a public nuisance.
(Ord. No. 2005-32, § 3, 7-26-05)

Sec. 17-323. - Offense.
It is an offense for any person to maintain a public nuisance described by section 17-322. An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00). A separate violation occurs each and every day the aforesaid offense continues. The municipal court shall order abatement and removal of the nuisance upon conviction.

(Ord. No. 2005-32, § 3, 7-26-05)

Sec. 15-60. - Filth accumulation.
It shall be unlawful for any person who shall own or occupy any house, building, establishment, lot or yard in the city to permit or allow any carrion, filth or other impure or unwholesome matter to accumulate or remain thereon.

(Code 1962, § 9-5-2)

Sec. 15-67. - Keeping junk.
It shall be unlawful for any person to store or keep any old articles or materials which may be classified as junk adjacent to or in close proximity to any schoolhouse, church, public parks, public grounds, business buildings or residences without first providing proper and tight buildings for the storage of the same.

(Code 1962, § 6-1-23)

Welcome to Dirty Del Rio! Here we will bring you lots of images from around the Dirty D.R. to bring awareness to how the local government fails to maintain our city. We will showcase everything from failures to enforce property maintenance ordinances, subpar infrastructure to lack of upkeep on city properties. With some of the highest taxes in the state, we deserve better. Instead we get to drive through the equivalent to a 2nd or even 3rd world country while the government wastes tax dollars on absurd pet projects. Enjoy and feel free to send in submissions!