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Case: T05DV00234

Case Details

Status:

COMPLIAN

Type:

RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Address:

Entered Date:

03/24/2005

Applicant:

VANOWEN QP LLC

Description:

COMPLAINT RE: MIN HOUSING- UNIT INFESTED WITH ROACHES.

Outstanding Inspections

Case Number: T05DV00234
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Description: RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Total Outstanding Inspections - 8
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
NPO - UNSECURED BUILD OR STRUC None Not Inspected
VIOL(BL) - LIVING AREAS None Not Inspected
VIOL(EL)-SUBPANELS/DISCONNECTS None Not Inspected
NPO(EL)-WIRING/SWITCH/OUTLT/FX None Not Inspected
NPO(PL)-WATER HEATERS None Not Inspected
NPO - INSECTS/PESTS None Not Inspected
NPO - EGRESS None Not Inspected
NPO - SMOKE ALARMS None Not Inspected

Completed Inspections

Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Number: T05DV00234
Case Description: RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Total Completed Inspections - 2
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
04/19/2005 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT GGOODMAN Approved 4/19/05 VISITED SITE, WENT TO OFFICE FIRST. OFFICE WAS LOCKED. CALLED OFFICE RECEIVED VOICEMAIL, LEFT MESSAGE FOR MANAGER SIMONA BLISS. MENTIONED WE HAD A CASE AT APT #358, WENT OVER ISSUES, MENTIONED I WANTED TO TALK TO HER FIRST BUT WOULD PROBABLY STOP BY LATER. LET HER KNOW THAT I WAS ONSITE IF SHE RETURNED. WALKED TO UNIT #358, KNOCKED ON DOOR, NO ANSWER. LEFT CARD WITH CONTACT NUMBER IN DOOR. AS I WAS LEAVING I CONTACTED TENANT, PRICILLA MUNOZ, TOLD HER I WAS ON SITE, ASKED IF WE COULD SCHEDULE AN INSPECTION, SHE ASKED IF I COULD PLEASE WAIT 20-30 MINUTES SO WE COULD INSPECT AS SHE HAD NO TIME DURING THE WEEK, I AGREED. WENT BACK TO OFFICE, STILL NO ONE AT OFFICE, WALKED THE GROUNDS, THEY SEEMED WELL KEPT. CHECKED POOL AREA AND GATES, ALL IN GOOD CONDITION. WHILE WAITING I ALSO CHECKED THE HOTWATER HEATER CLOSET OUTSIDE THE APT. , EVERYTHING WAS PROPERLY INSTALLED WITH DRAIN GOING INSIDE THE WALL AND DOWN. MET PRICILLA AND SHE ALLOWED ME INSIDE. PRICILLA SHOWED ME INSIDE THE UNIT, PULLED OUT THE REFRIGERATOR, AND SHOWED ME THE ROACH INFESTATION PROBLEM, I DID VIEW THE ROACHES UNDER THE REFER AND UP THE WALL AND ON THE CEILING. DID NOT SEE ANY IN THE CABINETS AT THIS TIME HOWEVER SHE DID MENTION THAT SHE HAD THEM IN THE CABINETS. THERE WAS LEFT OVER FOOD AND DIRTY DISHES ON THE COUNTERTOPS AND TABLE, DIRTY DISHES IN THE SINK. I DID MENTION THAT PROPER CLEANING MAY ALSO HELP WITH HER PROBLEM. DID A THUROUGH MINIMUM HOUSING INSPECTION, MY FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ELECTRICAL: KITCHEN RECEPTICLE ABOVE SINK IS NOT GFCI PROTECTED. RECEPTICLE IN HALL CLOSET LACKS COVER PLATE, AND HAS EXPOSED WIRES (NOT FROM RECEP). ELECTRICAL RECEP IN S/W BEDROOM, NORTH WALL. ONLY I/2 OF THE RECEPTICLE WORKS CORRECTLY. SMOKE DETECTOR NOT PROPERLY MOUNTED TO THE CEILING. PLUMBING: TOILET HAS BEEN LEAKING EVIDENCED BY HARD WATER STAINS ON LINOLEUM FLOORING. TUB FAUCET LEAKS CONTINUOSLY. TUB NEEDS TO BE RECAULKED AT BASE OF TILE/TOP OF TUB. INTERIOR FEATURES: CLOSET DOORS NEED TO BE RE-HUNG ON DOOR TRACKS. ROACHES FOUND UNDER AND BEHIND THE REFRIGERATOR. UNIT FOR THE MOST PART WAS IN GOOD CONDITION; FLOORING ,DOORS,WINDOWS, ELECTRICAL PANEL,HOTWATER HEATER, EGRESS,INTERIOR FEATURES ALL CHECKED OUT OK. ONLY MINOR ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING ISSUES. MET WITH SIMONA,MANAGER, AFTER THE INSPECTION. WENT OVER TENANTS ISSUES, AND THE MINOR VIOLATIONS I FOUND. SIMONA PROVIDED PROOF OF PEST CONTROL RECORDS FROM BURN'S PEST CONTROL, SAID TENANT WOULD NOT ALLOW UNIT TO BE "BOMBED". FOUND NO WORK REQUESTS FROM TENANT. MENTIONED TENANT WAS APPROX 2 MONTHS BEHIND ON RENT. SIMONA SAID SHE WOULD MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR MAINTANENCE TO MAKE REPAIRS AND WOULD DOCUMENT WITH PICTURES ALL WORK PERFORMED AS I MENTIONED THAT THERE WOULD BE A 30 DAY FOLLOW UP. SAID SHE WOULD CONTINUE TO CHECK FILE AND FAX ANY INFO SHE FELT MAY BE OF INTREST. INFORMED SIMONA THAT WE WOULD BE ISSUING A 30 DAY NOV. CONTACT PERSONS: SIMONA BLISS (MANAGER) 745-8276 (OFF) 790-9281 (FAX) EMAIL VPACIFICA@QWEST.NET PRICILLA MUNOZ (TENANT) 409-3174
05/24/2005 INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE GGOODMAN Approved 5/24/05 VISITED SITE, ASSISTANT MANAGER VANESSA AND I, WENT OVER THE 5/18 VISIT FOR A FOLLOW UP INSPECTION, MENTIONED THAT THE KEYS TO 358 WERE NOT ABLE TO BE FOUND.VANESSA THEN LOOKED FOR THE KEYS AND AGAIN COULD NOT FIND THE KEYS. TOLD VANESSA I WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK FOR A RE-INSPECT AND THAT THEY MAY NEED TO RE-KEY THE APT. SO THAT WE COULD CONDUCT A FOLLOW UP INSPECTION. ON THE WAY,WHILE WRITING MY NOTES, MANAGER SIMONA BLISS ARRIVED ON SITE, MENTIONED THAT THE APT HAD ALREADY BEEN RE-KEYED. MENTIONED THAT SHE WOULD PRODUCE THE KEY AND GAVE HER PERMISSION TO INSPECT THE UNIT. UPON ARRIVAL FOUND PREVIOUS TENANTS BELONGINGS WERE PILED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LIVINGROOM. FOOD HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE CABINETS AND PLACED ON THE TABLE. THERE WAS ALSO UNEATEN FOOD SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE UNIT, UNIT SMELLED TERRIBLY. REINSPECTED ALL MINIMUM HOUSING VIOLATIONS FOUND IN THE UNIT, GFCI RECEP WAS CORRECTLY INSTALLED ABOVE SINK. CLOSET RECEPTICLE HAD COVER PLATE. BEDROOM RECEP WAS CORRECTED. DOORS IN BOTH ROOMS WERE HUNG ON TRACKS. SMOKE DETECTOR WAS INSTALLED TO THE CEILING AND WORKING. TOILET WAS NOT LEAKING AT THIS TIME AND THE TUB HAD BEEN CAULKED. FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF ROACHES IN THE CABINETS, UNDER THE SINK OR BEHIND THE REFRIGERATOR. PICTURES WERE TAKEN. COMPLEX IS IN COMPLIANCE. CASE CLOSED!!

Completed Activity Special Conditions

Case Description - RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Case Number - T05DV00234
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Total Completed Case Activity Conditions: 4
Date Name
03/30/2005 CONTACTED BY PHONE
04/22/2005 NOTICE OF VIOLATION ISSUED
04/22/2005 COURT ORDERED ABATEMENT
08/01/2005 VIOLATION CLOSED