How to get rid of Raccoon?

Florida corgi VS Toronto Raccoon

I have a stubborn raccoon that camps out on my 2nd floor balcony, it keeps coming back every other night and causing the corgis to bark in the middle of the night. I had a talk with the condo management and they said animal control will not come out, the only thing they suggested was pouring "bleach" around the balcony. The balcony have no trash, food or plants, so most of the internet suggestions do not apply to my situation.

Vienna: "Open the gate dad, it's an oversize squirrel!"

The racoon is quite bold, it will not back off, when I use a broom to "sweep" him off, it growls and hold his ground. The corgis can bark all night long and he will not move an inch away from the sliding door. The only thing that "worked" so far is a water squirting bottle, it'll move but only to crawl to my next door neighbour's balcony.

Notice how FAT this raccoon is?

When the "coast" is cleared, he'll climb back :(

Raccoon: "curse you! I shall return!"

Any ideas?

OCT 2 *UPDATE*

"Randy" the raccoon crossed the rainbow bridge tonight, he was hit by a car earlier this evening, I picked up his body and lay him on the sidewalk :(

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Permalink Reply by Anna Morelli on September 26, 2011 at 2:08pm

I wanted to add that the citrus spray did not work. We were again visited and today trapped and released our forth raccoon in two months. We're getting good at it. We think the increase is due to building going on in the area and their natural habitat being disturbed.

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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on October 2, 2011 at 9:02pm

OCT 2 *UPDATE*

"Randy" the raccoon crossed the rainbow bridge tonight, he was hit by a car earlier this evening, I picked up his body and lay him on the sidewalk :(

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Permalink Reply by Gromit, Sparkle, and Doug on October 2, 2011 at 9:50pm

Sam, I'm sorry but I have to ask: Was there any damage to your car?

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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on October 2, 2011 at 10:20pm

That's okay Doug, Randy was hit by someone else's vehicle. We were out for dinner an hour ago, his body was in the middle of the road when we return, I couldn't bear to see his body getting run over by other cars in the morning, so I ran home and got a large plastic bag and moved him myself.