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Case: T05DV00280

Case Details

Status:

COMPLIAN

Type:

RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Address:

Entered Date:

04/14/2005

Applicant:

SHING WILSON LEE

Description:

COMPLAINT RE: MIN HOUSING - T.P.D. (E) CALL OUT RE: LIVING CONDITIONS.

Completed Inspections

Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Number: T05DV00280
Case Description: RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Total Completed Inspections - 2
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
04/14/2005 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT GGOODMAN Approved 4/14/05 MET WITH TPD OFFICERS W. SPALDING AND E.MANISPEAKER ON SITE. OFFICER SPALDING MENTIONED THAT TPD HAD KNOCKED ON DOOR WITH NO ANSWER FROM OCCUPANT. TPD CALLED IN TFD AND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO ENTER THE HOUSE FROM THE REAR DOOR TO LOOK FOR THE TENANT. REPORTS WERE THAT THE OWNER WAS INSIDE THE STRUCTURE. TFD BROKE DOWN THE BACK DOOR, FOUND TRASH AND DEBRIS PILED FLOOR TO CEILING AND WALL TO WALL. TFD CLIMBED THRU AND OVER TRASH CLEARING PATHS ALONG THE WAY TO GET TO THE BACK BEDROOM AREAS. TFD FOUND OWNER IN N/W BEDROOM WITH CASES OF ALCOHOLIC BEVRAGES, MOSTLY EMPTY AS THE OWNER HAD BEEN DRINKING.TFD/TPD CLEARED PATH TO FRONT AND WERE ABLE TO REMOVE THE OWNER FROM STRUCTURE.OWNER WAS ABLE TO CONVERSE WITH TFD OFFICERS AND WAS LATER TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. UPON ENTERING AT THE FRONT STRUCTURE, DNR INSPECTORS H LOPEZ AND G. GOODMAN FOUND PILES OF BOXES, TRASH AND DEBRIS, STACKED CEILING HIGH IN THE LIVING ROOM, TRASH A MINIMUM OF 4' HIGH IN THE KITCHEN. INSP C-12 CLIMBED THRU A PATH CLEARED BY TPD, BACK TO THE HALLWAY AREA AND FOUND TRASH IN BEDROOMS AND BATHROOM ALSO STACKED A MINIMUM OF 3-4 FT. HIGH. DNR INSP. TOOK PICTURES FROM HALLWAY LOOKING INTO BEDROOMS AS ENTRY INTO ROOMS WAS DIFFICULT. WALKED THE EXTERIOR OF STRUCTURE, TOOK PICTURES, FOUND THAT ALL UTILITIES HAD BEEN TURNED OFF. WEEDS IN THE FRONT OF STRUCTURE WERE APPROX 2 1/2 FT TALL.VEGETATION OVERGROWN IN FRONT OF BEDROOM WINDOW MAKING EGRESS ALMOST IMMPOSSIBLE. FOUND FACIA AT N/W CORNER OF HOUSE ROTTED, ALL FACIA HAD PAINT PEELING AND FLAKING. ROOFING APPEARED TO BE WORN AND IN NEED OF REPAIR, LOOKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE CARPORT AREA I COULD SEE DAYLIGHT BETWEEN THE 1 X 12 DECKING, PROVING THE ROOFING WAS COMPLETELY WORN AWAY. CARPORT AREA ALSO HAD BAGS OF STUFFED TOYS PILED IN A CORNER IN FRONT OF THE CORPORT/STORAGE DOOR NOT ALLOWING ENTRY. ENTERED BACKYARD THRU GATE FOUND MUCH OF THE SAME AS FRONT AREA, WEEDS OVERGROWN, SOME TRASH. FOUND BACK DOOR HAD BEEN KICKED IN AND NO LONGER ON ITS HINGES. ALL REAR WINDOWS HAD WROUGHT IRON BARS, NOT OF THE BREAK AWAY TYPE.KITCHEN WINDOW WAS BROKEN. FACIA IN THE SAME SHAPE AS FRONT, SOME ROTTING AND IN NEED OF PAINT. ELECTRICAL PANEL WAS RED TAGGED, CHECKED HOSE BIBS TO MAKE SURE WATER WAS OFF AS I COULD NOT FIND THE WATER METER. LOOKING INTO THE STRUCTURE FROM THE BACK DOOR FOUND THE KITCHEN AREA ALSO STACKED WITH TRASH, OLD FOOD LEFT ON COUNTERS, AND UNABLE TO ENTER. KITCHEN/DINING AREA LED TO THE LIVINGROOM, ALSO HAD DEBRIS STACKED FLOOR TO CEILING. WALKED BACK AROUND TO FRONT OF STRUCTURE, FOUND FRONT DECORATIVE WALL IN A DETERIORATING STATE EVIDENCED BY LARBE CRACKS, BLOCK FALLING OFF, AND MAIN PILLARS CRACKED AND LEANING. TALKED WITH NEIGHBOR TO THE WEST, NEIGHBOR SAID HE KNEW OF THE OCCUPANT, HAD SOME BACK GROUND OF HIM, BUT HAD NEVER MET HIM DUE TO HAVING JUST MOVED INTO HIS RESIDENCE APPROX 3 WEEKS AGO. NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF ISSUES BY TPD. BOTH NEIGHBORS WERE ASKED TO NOTIFY TPD IF THEY FOUND ANY BODY ON THE PROPERTY AT ANY TIME. CALLED BOARD UP COMPANY (BATHCREST) TO SECURE PROPERTY.ORIGANALLY WERE TOLD (2) OPENINGS AND THEN ASKED THEM TO COMPLETELY SECURE THE PROPERTY. ALL OPENINGS, MINUS WINDOWS WITH BARS WERE BOARDED. POSTED UNIT "UNFIT TO OCCUPY". WILL FOLLOW UP WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL NOV WITH MINIMUM HOUSING ISSUES. CONTACT PERSONS: ADULT PROTECTIVE AGENCY CENTRAL INTAKE(GENNELL HAWKINS) 1-877-767-2385 WILLIAM SPALDING 791-4253 WWW. CI.TUCSON.AZ.US/POLICE/ NORMAN SHING 1-650-347-5131 KENT WARREN (FRIEND) 401-8930
06/10/2005 INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE GGOODMAN Approved 6/10/05 VISITED SITE, TOOK PICTURES. WALKED PROPERTY. WAS MET BY NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH BOB, AND THEN BY KEN TO THE EAST. BOTH MENTIONED THAT THEY HAD SEEN ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, PEOPLE TAKING MR SHING'S PERSONEL BELONGINGS FROM THE PROPERTY. LADDERS AND TOOLS HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM THE FRONT AND BACK YARDS. BOB MENTIONED THAT HE HAD CALLED TPD ON ONE OCCASION BECAUSE HE HAD CONFRONTED PERSON AT HOUSE AND PERSON BECAME HOSTILE. I DID NOTICE THAT LADDERS IN THE FRONT AND BACK OF PROPERTY WERE MISSING AS WELL AS RAKES AND SHOVELS ETC.. TOYS THAT WERE IN THE CARPORT HAD BEEN GONE THRU AND REMOVED FROM BAGS AND LEFT. KEN MENTIONED THAT WEEDS AND TRASH WERE BLOWING INTO HIS YARD, SO HW HAD GONE OVER AND MOWED THE WEEDS AND PICKED UP GARBAGE. BOTH MENTIONED THAT THE STATUS OF THE PROPERTY WAS ATTRACTING UNWANTED PERSONS TO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURE IS STILL BOARDED AND SECURED AT THIS TIME. ES ALSO HAD POSTED AND NOV FOR TRASH AND DEBRIS. DNR NO LONGER HAS JURISDICTION, WILL TALK WITH INSP ABOUT CLOSING CASE.

Completed Activity Special Conditions

Case Description - RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Case Number - T05DV00280
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Total Completed Case Activity Conditions: 4
Date Name
04/15/2005 CONTACTED BY PHONE
02/09/2006 CONTACTED BY MAILING
04/28/2005 NOTICE AND ORDER ISSUED
04/28/2005 COURT ORDERED ABATEMENT