City Cleans Up Nuisance Property?

[Piper]

According to city hall Korey's mother can defer property taxes as she is over 65, she is also eligable for a home owners grant. My concern was she has no ID but apparently she does not need it if she is the on the title as the property owner.

I have the paperwork that needs to be filled in and we will work on it immediately

[Piper]

This internet is amazing, here is the link

http://www.esquimalt.ca/files/PDF/Mu...t_Brochure.pdf

[queen of the waterfront]

http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailyn...c-c6ba9b185b97
here is what people are saying about this issue. Some of them weere his neighbors.


i heard the other day that Korey was trying to clean up his property by getting some soil and tgrying to level out the mess that the city left.
He was visited by BYLAWS who tried to get him in trouble again.

WHAT GIVES?

The police wont attend his home when someone drives a truck through his gate.
WHY NOT?

He wasnt hurting Korpan when Korpan freaked out One law for some and not others.
I am personally disgusted with the whole thing!

[kickidee]

This is my understanding of this .....

- City Council ordered property in n/o Susan K. to be cleaned up, or City would do so and bill the Owner. (As per usual policy.)

- Owner did not clean up property.

- City applied for a Court Order and in December 2007, Justice Halfyard granted the Order for a clean up.

- I understand that Susan K. did NOT comply with the Court Order to have the property cleaned up.

- City applied for a Court Order in July 2008, so that City could enter the property to begin to clean up the property.


- On July 28, 2008, Justice Pearlman ordered Korey not to attend at the homes of former Mayor Korpan or former Councillor Brennan. (Apparently, Korey had visited Korpan some time in July, PRIOR to the 28th.)

- Question - What date did the former Mayor and Councillor testify in court?? Was Korey notified of that court date??

- On July 28th, shortly after the Order was made, Korey apparently visited Brennan and apparently, she called the RCMP and Korey was arrested that evening.

- I understand that Korey was charged with NOT complying with the Order that had been made on July 28th and spent some time in jail (outside of Nanaimo).

- I also understand that on May 12, 2009, he told Justice Halfyard that he had no knowledge of the July 28th Order, as he was not in the courtroom when it was made.

- I was told that, on May 12, 2009, the City's lawyer told the court that:

"Mr. Korlek has made a brazen lie to this court."
The issue does not go to a "capacity" issue. Mr. Korlek is "stubborn".

- On May 12th, Mr. Korlek was ordered to pay a fine of $3,000 and $1,500 in fixed costs to the City of Nanaimo.

- I have also been told that, in view of the above, Justice Halfyard requested that another date be arranged for a discussion about Mr. Korlek's financial circumstances.

First may I say I am glad to read your posts chardonnay and the real help you gave with your understanding of some of the law aspects re, Mom getting free of the taxes for now!!
I just want to remind all that the unsightly property was out of sight unless one used a bucket truck, and that was the start of this mess. Korey's treasures were of no concern to anyone else and there was no mess viewable from the plaintiffs windows otherwise the camera would have caught it and provided council with the evidence (and I was privy to those pictures which only showed a tree with a car under it. The plaintiffs unsightly overgrown weeds were obstructing much of the view in fact. I spoke to a neighbor who was upset by that bucket truck as bylaws was able to peer into her private backyard as well. This whole harrassment was completely unessasary! ...Unless you want a large prime chunk of riverside property. If only the three who caused this nonsense had been taught the value of respecting the laws of possession in kindergarten, or had half the good upbringing as korey has had this whole mess could have been avoided.

[chardonnay]

First may I say I am glad to read your posts chardonnay and the real help you gave with your understanding of some of the law aspects re, Mom getting free of the taxes for now!! I just want to remind all that the unsightly property was out of sight unless one used a bucket truck, and that was the start of this mess.

Kickidee:
I thought that I would pass that info by Piper, as from what I was reading, it did not sound to me like anyone was aware of same. From what Piper has since posted, I see that it was of some assistance, after all!

I think that it is safe to say that the controversial sticker/T-shirt, (if you know what I mean), has caused Mr. Korlek and his mother much grief!!

[kickidee]

I agree and perhaps it isn't the correct thing to do, but I am also of the oppinion that free speach and thought are not punishable. I learned by a long hard road that it is best to at least dress non offensively and fight the bigger battles instead, but a rebel is a rebel always. It is also a shame for Angela Negrin and Tony Parkin as well, and I do believe Mr. Korpan over reacted miserably, in fact the lack of a sense of ho ho may be part of what cost him his top dog seat in local government!

[Nostradama]

Hoarder found guilty of contempt of court

Thats Paul Waltons definition of what Korey is, I just got off the phone with Korey who was at the doctors office and he tells me that being a hoarder is a medical condition and should exuse him from being treated so harshly by bylaw services.

I realize that this is a very late response to an earlier post, but yes, hoarding is a recognized mental disorder. Sometimes caused by an earlier mental trauma, sometimes caused because the person has a long-term perceived threat of harm or danger from outside their personal environment. In effect, sometimes the person doing the hoarding, without realizing it, identifies the items hoarded as part of their own personality or as a protection against the outisde world, in a mental, not physical, sense. So while what the city has done may or may not be legal (that remains to be settled) the property clean up has probably made the functioning of the disorder worse. That would give the person an extremely difficult to handle sense of being personally invaded. It is sometimes treatable with a combination of medications and long-term psychiatric treatment.

On the matter of property taxes: anyone over the age of sixty-five can apply to have property taxes deferred. If they later sell the property, the deferred taxes become due and payable plus interest. If the person dies while still owning the house, then their estate is responsible for payment of the total amount owing.

So if the mother gets her property taxes deferred, and then dies, whoever inherits her property would be expected to pay the accrued taxes and interest. Really, it's her estate that would have to pay up before anything could be done with the property, but I've said that believing that it might very well be only her son who would stand to inherit the property.

[queen of the waterfront]

you guys are all great. Nostradama that is awesome information.

We are working to get help for Korey and his mom. Everyone one of you have hearts and I can hear it in your words.
These people are not on welfare and didnt want to be because they are proud. I want to see some sense of dignity restores to this family. I just love Korey . I cant imagine atough old bird like the councillor being afraid of him . She was egged on by her former boss. No matter if she really is a person of SOCIAL CONSCIENCE
she knew that Korey needed help not a horror story.
When Riverrat first posted this story I imaagined some fearful demon that was terrorizing the neighbothood.

I found a big TEDDY BEAR with a heart of gold.

[queen of the waterfront]

Good Info Smokey

BUT
WHen you aint got nothin" you got nothin' to lose!

[chardonnay]

The taxes would be payable before the property could be transferred upon the death of the mother.

If the property were sold upon the owner's death, the seller's lawyer would arrange to have any outstanding taxes paid out of the sale proceeds at time of the closing.