Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / Pattison Media / Visual blight at Tyson Road home in Chilliwack Thursday morning (Oct. 3).

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Bylaw complaints

Update: City of Chilliwack receives 26 complaints about Tyson Road residence

Oct 3, 2024 | 11:54 AM

UPDATE THURSDAY, 3:40 P.M.: The City of Chilliwack released a statement Thursday afternoon saying it has received over two dozen complaints about the Tyson Road home. “The City of Chilliwack Bylaw Department has received 26 complaints regarding this property, and the Bylaw Department, Fire Department, and RCMP have been involved in inspections of the property. Staff are taking all available steps to bring this property into compliance.”

Original story below from Thursday morning:

CHILLIWACK — A home on Tyson Road close to the Sardis Sports Complex where visual blight continues to ebb and flow over the span of several months has generated multiple bylaw complaints to the City of Chilliwack.

According to an email obtained and reviewed by Fraser Valley Today Thursday morning, city staff say they are “very aware” of the Tyson Road home and intend to pursue regulatory action against it.

“We are very aware of this property and are taking enforcement action,” a city staff member wrote in an email Thursday morning to a Chilliwack resident, who shared the email with Fraser Valley Today.

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The home on Tyson Road had a white tarp draped across the front lawn Thursday morning, accompanied by black garbage bags and other personal effects. A middle-aged man can sometimes be seen loading and unloading personal effects on and off a mobile metal rack in the front yard of the property facing Tyson Road.

Given its close proximity to Sardis Sports Complex, Sardis Library and Mount Slesse Middle School, Tyson Road is a heavy traveled north-south arterial in Sardis that thousands of motorists use on a daily basis, so it stands to reason that people would notice the derelict conditions on the front lawn.

Fraser Valley Today has obtained another email from a City of Chilliwack staff member advising a different Chilliwack resident that municipal lawyers are currently formulating a plan for next steps.

“We are aware of the issues at this property and are working with RCMP and Fraser Health to try to come up with a solution,” a city staff member wrote in an email to a member of the public. “Management is working with city lawyers to come up with a plan for what the next step is. We don’t have a timeline, but are very hopeful this will be dealt with in the near future. They are still receiving weekly fines as well.”

The City of Chilliwack has received bylaw complaints about the home in the 5600 block of Tyson Road dating back at least two months.

A social media post about the home and its distressed appearance generated over 170 comments from Chilliwack residents Wednesday on Facebook.

A title search reveals the property is owned by a millworker who lives in Chilliwack.