Trash
Trash day is Monday in
Powelton, Recycling takes place on alternate
Monday's. Guidelines:
Trash/recycling should
be set out between 7:00 PM the night before
collection day and 7:00 AM the day of collection
at your regularly scheduled pickup site.
• Do not use cardboard boxes as receptacles
for trash or recycling. All cardboard boxes
should be broken down and tied and set out
for trash collection.
• Your property and sidewalk must
be kept free of trash and litter. Sweep
litter into proper containers, never into
the street.
• Businesses that sell food for takeout
should provide trash receptacles at all
points of access.
• Property owners need to inform tenants
about the City of Philadelphia's guidelines
for trash and recycling collections. Property
owners are responsible for their properties,
including tenant activity.
• Within six (6) hours of the end
of a snowfall or freezing rain, you must
clear a path at least 30 inches wide on
your sidewalk. Do not shovel the snow into
the street.
Streets
& Walkways Education and Enforcement Program
(S.W.E.E.P.) -
215-685-4275
If you are unsure of
your collection day, call the Customer Affairs
Unit (215) 686-5560.
For more recycling information,
check the Streets
Department web site.
Potholes
Call Streets Department, Customer
Service Unit (215) 686-5560, or
To help expedite your
service request, please be prepared with
specific information when you contact the
Customer Service Unit:
• Give the exact
location
• Be prepared to describe the hole
• Is the hole on the sidewalk or roadway
(driving lane or parking lane)?
• Size (approximate length/width/depth)
• Is there a barricade over this hole?
• Note whether you hear or see water
in the hole.
• Is this a bus route?
• Is the hole in a trolley track area?
The more information
the City has the better the response.
Street Lights
Problems with Street
Lights are the province of the Streets Department,
Street Lighting Division.
All customer service
requests for defective street lights are
taken by our Customer Affairs Unit at 215-686-5560.
From 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM, please call our
maintenance contractor at 215-686-5610.
Mail Delivery Complaints
If you have a problem
with mail delivery, report it promptly.
Be specific
about what happened. Include your name,
address, telephone number and the date it
happened. Details are important. Postal
Service managers need specific information
in order to address the problems. And we
do not want to have letter carriers who
are doing a good job get blamed unfairly
for mistakes made by others.
SEND
YOUR COMPLAINT TO THE MANAGERS AT THE 30TH
STREET POST OFFICE:
Robert.Bethune@usps.gov
(Robert Bethune)and
lashonda.colter@usps.gov
(LaShonda Colter)
PLEASE SEND COPIES OF YOUR EMAIL TO:
sallysimm@aol.com
(Sally Simmons) and
vam@tandm.us
(Virginia Maksymowicz)
Nuisance Complaints
The Powelton Village
Civic Association (PVCA) is very concerned
with tracking problems in the neighborhood
with an eye to resolving conflicts before
they get out of hand. If you are disturbed
by loud, illegal or disruptive behavior call:
The Police (911), even
in the case of noise/party complaints
Drexel Security, if
students are involved.
- Non Emergency Dispatches (215) 895-2822
- Emergency Dispatches (215) 895-2222
The landlord of the
property in question
Whatever may have
happened, the PVCA is only able to act after
the fact. Submitting the report below is a
good way of informing us and helping us track
complaints and patterns of problems in the
neighborhood. It's worth the effort!
