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Case: T05DV00264

Case Details

Status:

COMPLIAN

Type:

RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Address:

Entered Date:

04/07/2005

Applicant:

SCOTT DAVID & ELIZABETH JT/RS

Description:

COMPLAINT RE: MIN HOUSING- OLD HOME, CRAWL SPACE. ROOT CELLAR, DUG. NEEDS PLASTER, FALLING OFF WALL. FLOOR IS BUCKLING, BASEMENT.

Outstanding Inspections

Case Number: T05DV00264
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Description: RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Total Outstanding Inspections - 10
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
NPO - UNSECURED BUILD OR STRUC None Not Inspected
VIOL(BL) - ATTACHED STRUCTURES None Not Inspected
VIOL(BL) - FOUNDATION None Not Inspected
NPO(EL)-MAIN/PANEL/SUB/DISCONT None Not Inspected
NPO(EL)-WIRING/SWITCH/OUTLT/FX None Not Inspected
NPO(PL)-WATER HEATERS None Not Inspected
NPO(HC)-HEATING & VENTILATION None Not Inspected
VIOL(FS) - EMERGENCY ACCESS None Not Inspected
NPO - EGRESS None Not Inspected
NPO - SMOKE ALARMS None Not Inspected

Completed Inspections

Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Number: T05DV00264
Case Description: RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Total Completed Inspections - 4
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
04/07/2005 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT HLOPEZ Approved VISITED SITE MADE CONTACT WITH TENANTS PAUL AND LESLEY WALKED INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF STRUCTURES. MIN HOUSEING ISSUES WERE FOUND AND ARE AS FOLLOWS- PLUMBING: HOT WATER HEATER (ELECTRICAL) HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN A HAZARDOUS MANNER 1)ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR NOT IN REQUIRED CONDUIT 2) LACKING TRP DRAIN 3) EXISTING WATER LINES HAVE BEEN MODIFIED 5 CH. 40 PVC LACKING SUPPORTS STRUCTURAL: 1)SHORING HAS BEEN REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH CINDER BLOCK (88) NO WALL ARE PLUMP 2)LARGE AMOUNTS OF EROTION HAS AFFECTED SOIL LARGE SECTION OF SOIL ARE NOT COMPACTED AGAINST SHORRING 3) FLOOR HOIST ARE SUPPORTED BY 3 PEICES OF SCAPED 2x4 WITH CINDER BLOCK ANCHORS 4)FOOTERS ARE CRACKED IN APPROX 8 DIFFERENT SECTION ALL AROUND STRUCTURE FOOTERS BACK SECTION NORTH SIDE OF SLABBES CRACKED OPEN AND MOVE APPROX- 1 1/2 FROM FOOTERS, 1- SPPORT BEAM IS BRACED THROUGH CENTER OF STRUCTURE CAUSING FLOORING TO CROWN IN MIDDLE OF STRUCTURE ADDITION TO MIN STRUCTURE MWASURING APROX. 12x20 HAS BEEN ATTACHES AND APPEARS TO BE WORK WITH OUT PERMIT NEW T-16 WOOD SIDING WITH ELECTRICAL ADDED.
04/07/2005 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT HLOPEZ Approved VISITED SITE MET WITH TENANTS, TOOK PICTURES, WENT OVER ISSUES WITH TENANT. AS ENTERING THE HOUSE, WE FIRST ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM OF THE WOOD FLOORING SETTLING IN SOME AREA'S RAISED IN OTHERS. WALKED TO SOUTHWEST BEDROOM FOUND WAST WALL WITH PLASTER CRACKS (LARGE CRACKS) AND PLASTER LOOSE ON THE ENTIRE WALL. INSIDE OF CLOSET FOUND WOOD FLOORING SPLIT WITH A 2'x2' ABLE TO BE LIFTED SO THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY LOOK DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT. DOOR JAMB OF CLOSET WAS OUT OF SQUARE 3/4" GAP AT TOP, WINDOWS PAINTED SHUT BATHROOM FOUND TOILET NOT PROPERLY SECURED TO FLOOR AND DOOR NOT CLOSING PROPERLY. DOORS IN NORTH WEST BEDROOM FOUND ALSO OUT OF SQUARE (SAME TOPS 3/4" OUT) NO COVER PLATE ON RECEPTICLE/ RECEPTICLE REVERSED POLARITY, O EQUIPMENT GROUND. OLE IN WALL CAUSED BY DOOR W/OP CHECK FOR PERMITS ON HECTOR AND 220 CIRCUIT. NORTH WALL OF KITCHEN OUT OF SQUARE EVIDENCED BY WINDOW AND CABINETS LEANING TO THE SOUTH. PERHAPS THE N/E CORNER OF FLOOR WAS SAGGING. REFER OUT LET (FLOOR) MISSING COVER PLATE (FLOOR RECEP NOT THE CORRECT TYPE) KITCHEN LACKS GFCI PROTECTION (ELECTRIC SYSTEM POSS ALTERED) CHECK ADDITION TO HOUSE BACK ANDDED ROOM- EGRESS IN BACK ROOM BLOCKED (MOVING BOXES) NEW PRONG RECEPS IN BACK ROOM NO GROUNDS. HOT WATER HEATER HAS BEEN REPLACED FROM INSIDE TO BASEMENT. EXTERIOR; EAST WALL LOOKS TO BE LEANING APPROX. 2-2 1/2 OUT OF PLUMB (WALL IS ADOBE HAS LARGE CRACKS) ROOF SAGGING APPROX 3-4" FROM END TO END OF WALL EXTERIOR RECEP NOT IN WEATHER PROOF BOX ADDED 220 ELECTRICAL FOR HEATER SERVICE PANEL LACKS DEAD PLATES/GROUNDS MIXED WITH METAL WIRES T-JUNCTION BOX NEEDS TO BE CAPPED (ELECTRIC) DROP TO WEATHER 4 WAY BOX ON WEST WALL NOT WEATHER PROTECTED (UNDER EVES)
04/07/2005 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT GGOODMAN Approved 4/07/05 VISITED SITE, MET WITH TENANTS PABLO AND LESLIE BLEY. MR. BLEY EXPLAINED THAT THEY HAD BEEN THERE ABOUT 1 YR., AND WERE GIVEN THE OPTION OF BUYING AT THE END OF THAT ONE YEAR AGREEMENT. THEY SAID THEY KNEW THAT THE HOUSE NEEDED ALOT OF WORK , BUT SAID THEY ALSO AGREED TO MAKE REPAIRS IN LIEU OF RENT. THEY ACTUALLY WERE PAYING PART OF THE ORIGINAL RENT AGREEMENT, AND THE REST WAS MADE UP IN THE COST OF REPAIRS. AGREEMENT WAS WITH ROBERT AND DARBY LINDHOLM, PROPERTY MANAGERS. WE WALKED THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY AND TOOK PICTURES. MINIMUM HOUSING ISSUES WERE FOUND, OUR FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ELECTRICAL: RECEPTICLE IN N/W BEDROOM SHOWS NO EQUIPMENT GROUNG, REVERSED POLARITY, AND MISSING COVER PLATE. 220 CIRCUIT FROM EXTERIOR PANEL TO INTERIOR HEATER, POSIBBLE WORK WITHOUT PERMITS. REFRIGERATOR FLOOR OUTLET MISSING COVER PLATE, POSSIBLE ADDED CIRCUIT. AND POSSIBLY THE WRONG TYPE OF FLOOR RECEPTICLE. REGLULAR WALL RECEP IN FLOOR. KITCHEN RECEPS LACK GFCI PROTECTION. TWO PRONG RECEPTICLES IN BACK OR NORTH BEDROOM LACK GROUNDS. EXTERIOR RECEPTICLE/ NORTH WALL NOT IN A WEATHER PROOF BOX OR GFCI PROTECTED. SERVICE PANEL LACKS FILLER PLATES, AND GROUND WIRES ARE MIXED WITH NUETRAL WIRES. T JUNCTION BOX FROM WEATHER HEAD LACKS COVER PLATE. 4-WAY RECEPTICLE UNDER EVE, S/W CORNER NOT IN WEATHER PROTECTED BOX. ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR TO HOTWATER HEATER NOT IN REQUIRED CONDUIT. PLUMBING: BATHROOM TOILET NOT SECURED PROPERLY TO FLOOR. HOTWATER HEATER LACKS TRP DRAIN. EXISTING WATER LINES HAVE BEEN MODIFIED AND SHEDULE 40 PVC NOT SECURED. ELECTRICAL TO HOT WATER HEATER INSTALLED IN A HAZARDOUS MANNER.( MENTIONED IN ELECTRICAL) STRUCTURAL: ORIGINAL FOOTING ARE CRACKED, EARTH UNERNEATH THE FOOTING IS ERODING, AND A SMALL "BEARING" WALL BUILT WITH 8 X 8 X 16" CINDER BLOCK HAS BEEN PLACED UNDER THE FLOOR JOISTS TO HELP ACT AS THE FOOTING.THE WALLS HOWEVER ARE POORLY BUILT AND BUILT OUT OF PLUMB. LARGE AMOUNTS OF EROTION HAS EFFECTED THE SOIL. IT IS NOT COMPACTED AND LIES LOOSELY AROUND THE "BEARING", OR SHORRING WALLS. CENTER SHORRING SUPPORTING THE FLOOR JOISTS IS BUILT OF 3 SCRAP 2 X 4'S ON TOP OF CINDER BLOCK. STRUCTURAL FOOTINGS ARE CRACKED IN APPROXIMATELY EIGHT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. BACK SECTION (NORTH SIDE, ADDED ON) OF SLAB HAS CRACKED OPEN AND MOVED AWAY FROM FOOTING APPROX I I/2" . AN I-SUPPORT BEAM IS BRACED THROUGH CENTER OF STRUCTURE CAUSING FLOORING TO CROWN IN MIDDLE OF STRUCTURE. *REAR ADDITION TO MAIN STRUCTURE MEASURING APPROX 12' X 20' APPEARS TO BE WORK WITHOUT PERMITS EVIDENCED BY NEW T-III SIDING AND ADDED ELECTRICAL. LACK OF FOOTINGS AND OR PROPER SUPPORT HAS CAUSED THE FOLLOWING: 1. UPON ENTERING THE HOUSE, ONE COULD OBVIOUSLY FEEL THE WOOD FLOORING FALLING AWAY FROM THE FRONT DOOR DOWN TO THE N/E SECTION OF THE LIVING ROOM. 2. S/W BEDROOM FLOORING FELT AS THOUGH IT HAS A HUMP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM FALLING AWAY TO THE EAST AND WEST. 3. BEARING WALL WHICH IS THE EAST WALL OF S/W ROOM HAS LARGE CRACKS CAUSING PLASTER TO FALL OFF THE WALL OR IS LOOSELY HANGING ON THE WALL. 4. SETTLING HAS CAUSED DOORS ON JUST ABOUT ALL ROOMS AND CLOSETS TO SAG, CAUSING LARGE GAPS ABOVE DOOR IN DOOR OPENINGS. 5. FLOORING IN KITCHEN ALSO SAGGING FROM WEST TO EAST EVIDENCED BY KITCHEN CABINETS SAGGING OR LEANING AND KITCHEN WINDOW OUT OF SQUARE. 6. ROOF ON EAST WALL OF HOUSE SAGGING APPROX. 2"-3" IN MIDDLE FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. 7. EAST WALL LEANING OUT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM APPROX. 2 1/2". ADDITIONAL ITEMS: EGRESS IN N/W ROOM BLOCKED BY PACKING BOXES. NO WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS. HEATER INSTALLED WITHOUT PERMITS. CONTACT PERSONS: PABLO & LESLIE BLEY (TENANTS) 358-2042 (HOME) DARBY LINDHOLM (PROPERTY MANAGER) 907-1176 DAVID & ELIZABETH SCOTT (OWNER) 304-7655 (?)
05/18/2006 INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE GGOODMAN Approved UPON VISITING THIS ADDRESS I CHECKED THE CASE FILE TO REVISIT THE CASE AS I HAD REMEMBERED CONDUCTING A FOLLOW UP INSPECTION WITH RICK SALDATE. RICK DETERMENED THE FOLLOW UP INFORMATION AT D.S.D. WAS INCONCLUSIVE, DETERMINING THAT FROM AIRIAL VIEWS IT APPEARED THE ADDITION HAD BEEN THERE FOR SOME TIME AND NO PERMITS COULD BE FOUND DUE TO RECORDS (DSD) NO LONGER HAVING KEPT RECORDS. I HAD ASKED FOR A LETTER FROM AN ENGINEER OK-ING THE FOOTINGS AND THAT WAS ALSO RECEIVED AND PLACED IN PACKET, ABATING THE ONLY TWO ITEMS LEFT UNABATED. OWNER IS IN COMPLIANCE. ONE PICTURE WAS TAKEN OF MY VISIT TO PROPERTY. CLOSE CASE.

Completed Activity Special Conditions

Case Description - RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Case Number - T05DV00264
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Total Completed Case Activity Conditions: 3
Date Name
04/20/2005 CONTACTED BY PHONE
09/12/2005 NOTICE OF VIOLATION ISSUED
05/19/2006 VIOLATION CLOSED