Screaming, damage and fire hazards leads to Mt. Benson St. apartment being designated a nuisance

NANAIMO — Local police have had enough trouble with a central Nanaimo apartment owner and his apartment is now considered a nuisance property.

City council voted Monday to designate unit 204 at 311 Mt. Benson St. a nuisance after three calls in September. While the number of calls isn’t particularly high, a staff report shows it’s just the number of calls since the owner returned to the property that month.

Community safety manager Dave LaBerge told Council the property was actually supposed to come to council much earlier in winter 2017 for similar concerns.

“These involved matters of yelling and screaming within the building, damaging property, there was a window in someone’s vehicle which was smashed, a surveillance camera was broken, screaming and conflict and yelling off the balcony as people passed on the street,” LaBerge explained.