

The club says it's been dealing with the trash problem all year. After the nearby residents kept filling up the club's dumpster, Davis said waste management brought a bigger dumpster.



The club's vice president of operations, Dan Lehr, said its trash bill has increased by $500 per month.



The club has installed a 7-foot fence to prevent access to the dumpsters.



Now it says the RV residents started have throwing trash around the fence and into the bushes behind the club.



Now the club is facing another big expense – cleaning up that trash.



"It's not our fault. You (the city) are allowing the RVs to be there," Lehr said over the phone.



Plus the club is still dealing with the aftermath of a van that crashed into its building two weeks ago, setting one wall of the club on fire.



The club says it was a van-turned-RV and had been parked nearby for months before it crashed through the wall and put the club's pool room out of commission.



The damages from that are topping $300,000 and the club is still working on repairs. The pool will be closed for several more weeks.



"We're dealing with increasing costs every day," Lehr said.



The Department of Construction and Inspection said the club is responsible for the trash dumped on its property because municipal code requires owners to maintain their property. It gave the example, if someone dumps a couch on your front lawn, though unfortunate, you are still responsible for getting rid of it.



The department said if a trash problem is due to a specific issue "it can be discussed" and there may be other resources, but it wasn't clear as of Friday afternoon if any of those resources would be available to the West Seattle Health Club.