Lynn clears derelict Parkland Avenue site

LYNN – Police tacked a nuisance notice on a Parkland Avenue man’s front door and sent in heavy equipment Tuesday to clear away debris they said has been a source of neighborhood complaints.”It’s a constant nuisance to the neighbors with abandoned vehicles, old construction equipment and debris. This has been going on for a couple of years now,” city Inspectional Services Director Michael Donovan said.Constantinos Psiroukis is listed as the owner of 342-344 Parkland Ave. on the letter a city inspector attached to his door shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday.The notice on Psiroukis’ home cites a Nov. 1 Board of Health vote “to order you to remove the nuisance from your property.” The notice is signed by Board of Health Chairman Ronald Dupuis.It specifies rodent infestation as the property nuisance and orders Psiroukis to make his home and attached building rodent proof with rat-bait stations placed around the property. Psiroukis did not answer a knock on his door or calls to his residence Tuesday.After placing the notice, Donovan said the city hired a debris removal company to send a large front-end loader and two other pieces of heavy equipment to Psiroukis’ home near the intersection of Linwood Street.The equipment cleared away tree limbs and branches, debris including a dog house, and Donovan said cleanup crews removed two truck bodies and “construction-type” equipment from Psiroukis’ property while a police officer monitored traffic flow along Parkland.Donovan said the removal work will cost the city at least $5,000.He stressed that inspectors did not go into Psiroukis’ home or attempt to do so. He said Psiroukis refused to obey past city orders to clean up his property.”He just didn’t respond. We gave him time to clean it up,” Donovan said.Thor Jourgensen can be reached at [email protected].