Dear Neighbor,

Good luck getting this resolved. In the past three years, I have filled 311 complaints with the City at least six...SIX...times. Every department contacted declared "Not our department," passed it on to another department, and closed the case.

Finally, a city engineer determined that the gutter area in front of 6102 Queenswood had raised, which now prevents the aater in the gutter from getting to the storm drain.

To be honest, it appears that the addition of the direct drainage to the street of the roof gutters on the (your?) house at 6106 is exacerbating the problem. Why can't your roof gutters drain directly into the soil of your yard?

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Yes, it does seem that the drainage from the gutters isn't helping the issue. However, water is supposed to go to the street to drain off. The underlying problem of the gutter drain in the street. If the gutter area on the street gets lowered just to the east of our driveway then the water would be able to flow downstream into the storm drain. It doesn't seem like a hard fix for the city.

It's "supposed to go to the street?"
Is it a code violation if the water is allowed to seep into the yard through a French drain? Save on water bill.