Case: T00VL00222
Case Details
Entered Date:
02/23/2000
Applicant:
DIXON ZELLA
Description:
COMPLAINT:PEOPLE LIVING IN HOUSE W/O WATER
Outstanding Inspections
Case Number: T00VL00222
Case Status: CLOSED
Case Description: RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Total Outstanding Inspections - 2
| End Date | Description | Inspector | Results | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/16/2000 | INITIAL CODE VIOLATION | LHANLY | Violation | VIOLATION |
| 05/03/2000 | FOLLOW UP CODE VIOLATION | LHANLY | Correction Required | ADDTL COMMS - BUILDING SECURE. GROUNDS ARE STREWN WITH RUBBISH & SWD HAS AN OPEN CASE DEALING WITH THAT. A NEW OWNER WILL TAKE OVER PROPERTY ON 5-5-00. LEERAY |
Completed Activity Special Conditions
Case Description - RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Case Number - T00VL00222
Case Status: CLOSED
Total Completed Case Activity Conditions: 7
| Date | Name |
| 02/23/2000 | 02/16/00 SITE VISIT/INSPECTION MADE AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTY PROSECUTORS OFFICE. COMPLAINT IS THAT PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN A HOUSE WITHOUT UTILITIES AND THAT HOUSE MAY HAVE OTHER SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS. INSPECTION OF PREMISES FOUND THAT WATER & GAS HAD BEEN SHUT OFF BUT ELECTRICITY WAS STILL ON. THE SOUTH YARD HAS A STORAGE SHED FILLED WITH CLOTHES AND OTHER ITEMS PILED ON AND AROUND THE WATER HEATER (HEATER IS CURRENTLY INOPERATIVE DUE TO NO GAS SUPPLY). YARDS HAVE SOME RUBBISH SPREAD AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE AND THERE ARE 3 JUNK VEHICLES IN THE BACK YARD. THERE IS ALSO AN ACCESSIBLE TRAVEL TRAILER IN REAR YARD BEING USED AS STORAGE. INTERVIEW WITH OCCUPANT OF HOUSE INDICATED THAT SHE WAS THERE TO MOVE HER ITEMS OUT OF THE HOUSE AND THAT SHE DID NOT LIVE THERE. SHE DECLINED REQUEST TO INSPECT INTERIOR AND BECAUSE THE INTERIOR SECTION OF HOUSE THIS INSPECTOR COULD SEE (THE KITCHEN) WAS CLEAN, AND BECAUSE THERE SEEMED TO BE SOME SUPPLY OF WATER AVAILABLE TO OCCUPANT (FRESHLY WASHED CLOTHES ON LINE, CLEAN KITCHEN SINK, SEVERAL BOTTLES OF WATER ON COUNTER) IT DID NOT SEEM JUSTIFIABLE TO SEEK OUT A WARRANT TO INSPECT INTERIOR. THE OCCUPANT WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO HAVE RUNNING WATER TO OCCUPY THE BUILDING AND THAT |
| 02/23/2000 | IT WAS ILLEGAL TO LIVE IN THE DWELLING UNTIL THE WATER WAS CONNECTED. SHE WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE PREMISES WOULD BE REINSPECTED ASSURE THAT THE BUILDING WAS NOT BEING LIVED IN. LRH. 02/22/00 REINSPECTION OF PREMISES FOUND CONDITION BASICALLY THE SAME EXCEPT FOR A NEW SET OF LAUNDRY ON THE CLOTHES LINE. AN INTERIOR INSPECTION WAS REQUESTED BY INFORMING THE OCCUPANT THAT IF I COULD VERIFY THAT SHE WAS NOT HABITATING THE DWELLING THEN I COULD LEAVE HER ALONE IN THE FUTURE. THE TENANT AGREED TO INSPECTION. INSPECTION OF INTERIOR FOUND A CLEAN BATHROOM, CLEAN KITCHEN, ITEMS IN EVERY ROOM SEEMINGLY BEING PACKED AND PUT IN BOXES. THE SEVERAL BEDS IN THE DWELLING WERE ALSO STRIPPED OF BEDDING. THESE THINGS INDICATE THAT BUILDING IS NOT BEING LIVED IN. LRH. 02/28/00 OCCUPANTS OF HOUSE HAVE RUNNING WATER AND ELECTRICITY. "UNFIT TO OCCUPY" REMOVED FROM DOOR. YARDS HAVE EVEN MORE RUBBISH, MOSTLY CLOTHING, STREWN ABOUT. THE SOLID WASTE DEPT. HAS ISSUED A CLEAN-UP ORDER TO OCCUPANTS. 03/10/00 INSPECTION FOUND YARDS WITH MORE RUBBISH THAN BEFORE. SOME WINDOWS HAVE BEEN BROKEN OUT AND THERE ARE NO UTILITIES AT ALL. ONE OF THE |
| 02/23/2000 | OCCUPANTS ARRIVED DURING THE INSPECTION AND ALLOWED AN INTERIOR INSPECTION. ALL THE ROOMS HAVE SOME GARBAGE, AND PACKING BOXES. THE MAN WHO ALLOWED INSPECTION ONCE AGAIN SAID THAT THEY DO NOT LIVE IN THE UNIT AND REFERRED TO A VISIT BY THE POLICE AND INSPECTORS R.SALDATE AND R.VIDAL AS BEING THE LAST TIME ANY OF THE OWNERS WERE THERE TOGETHER. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY HABITATING THE DWELLING SO THE MAN WAS LEFT TO CONTINUE PACKING HIS BELONGINGS. LEERAY. |
| 02/23/2000 | 02/23/00 NOTICE OF VIOLATION ISSUED: POSTED AT SITE ALONG WITH "UNFIT TO OCCUPY" SIGNS. NOV CITES UNIFORM ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SEC. 302.17 (PUBLIC NUISANCE) AND STATES THAT BUILDING CANNOT BE HABITATED WITHOUT RUNNING WATER. IT ALSO REQUESTS THAT OWNER CLEAN UP RUBBISH IN YARDS. |
| 04/13/2000 | 04/13/00 NOTICE AND ORDER SENT VIA CERTIFIED MAIL TO OWNER. RETURNED PACKET TO FILE. |
| 04/20/2000 | 04/20/00 CONTACTED BY PHONE: MS. ANDERSON @ 299-3407. THE ANDERSONS ARE IN ESCROW TO BUY THIS PROPERTY SO THEY WERE CONTACTED ABOUT SECURING THE BUILDING. THEY ARE HOPING TO CLOSE VERY SOON AND ARE GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY CAN DO TO SECURE THE BUILDING NOW. "NO TRESSPASSING" SIGNS HAVE BEEN POSTED BY RICK SALDATE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT ANYONE ON SITE OTHER THAN AGENTS FOR OWNERS OR BUYERS SHOULD BE ARRESTED. LEERAY |
| 05/04/2000 | 05/03/00 VIOLATION CLOSED. BUILDING IS SECURE,AND NEW OWNER (MIKE ANDERSON @ 299-3407) WILL BE TAKING OVER PROPERTY ON 5-5-00. MR. ANDERSON HAS A WELL DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF IMPROVING DISTRESSED PROPERTY IN TUCSON. CASE CLOSED. LEERAY |