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Case: T05DV00582

Case Details

Status:

COURTCMP

Type:

RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Address:

Entered Date:

08/12/2005

Applicant:

CASEY JAN ROBERTS

Description:

STRUCTURAL CRACKS WITH RAIN LEAKING TROUGH, ELECRTICAL WIRES HANGING OUT OF WALL. NO DECTORS

Outstanding Inspections

Case Number: T05DV00582
Case Status: COURTCMP
Case Description: RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Total Outstanding Inspections - 15
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
EMERGENCY CALL OUT None Not Inspected
NPO - UNSECURED BUILD OR STRUC None Not Inspected
VIOL(BL) - DETACHED STRUCTURES None Not Inspected
VIOL(BL) - ATTACHED STRUCTURES None Not Inspected
VIOL(BL) - LIVING AREAS None Not Inspected
NPO(EL)-MAIN/PANEL/SUB/DISCONT None Not Inspected
VIOL(EL) - CIRCUITS None Not Inspected
VIOL(EL)-SUBPANELS/DISCONNECTS None Not Inspected
NPO(EL)-WIRING/SWITCH/OUTLT/FX None Not Inspected
VIOL(EL) - FIXTURES None Not Inspected
VIOL(PL) - FIXTURES None Not Inspected
NPO(PL)-WATER HEATERS None Not Inspected
NPO(HC)-COOLING None Not Inspected
VIOL(FS) - EMERGENCY ACCESS None Not Inspected
NPO - EGRESS None Not Inspected

Completed Inspections

Case Status: COURTCMP
Case Number: T05DV00582
Case Description: RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Total Completed Inspections - 3
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
09/16/2005 NPO - SMOKE ALARMS GGOODMAN Approved PRIOR TO VISITING SITE, I MADE CONTACT WITH OWNER JAN CASEY. I WENT OVER PROBLEMS (17) ON COMPLAINT FORM. JAN MENTIONED THAT WHEN SHE IS CONTACTED ABOUT ANY PROBLEMS THAT WHE TRIES TO TAKE CARE OF THEM QUICKLY. LAST TIME SHE WAS CONTACTED, SHE HAD A FRIEND OF THE TENANTS MAKE THE REPAIRS AND SAID SHE PAID APPROX. $100.SHE SAID AS OF LATE SHE HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY CALLS. ASKED IF WHE WISHED TO BE PRESENT FOR INSPECTION, SHE ASKED TO PLEASE CALL HER AFTER I COMPLETED THE INSPECTION. MENTIONED THAT I COULD GET HER A LIST SO THAT SHE COULD BEGIN REPAIRS. VISITED SITE, MET WITH TENANT CORINA GARCIA, WHO MENTIONED THEY HAD BEEN CALLING AND CALLING THE LANDLORD AND COMPLAINING ABOUT THE REPAIRS BUT THAT NOTHING HAD GOTTEN DONE. CORINA MENTIONED THAT ANY MINOR REPAIRS WERE TAKEN CARE OF BY THEIR FRIENDS. ASKED TENANT IF THEY ARE CURRENT ON RENT, SHE SAID THAT THEY WERE CURRENT BUT OWED SOME MONEY FOR AUGUST RENT. CORINA MENTIONED THAT THEIR LEASE HAS EXPIRED AND THAT THEY ARE MONTH TO MONTH AT THIS TIME. SHE ALSO MENTIONED THAT BECOAUSE OF NOTHING GETTING DONE THEY MAY MOVE OUT. ENTERED THE STRUCTURE AND FOUND THAT TENANTS WERE ALREADY BOXING THEIR BELONGINGS, BED IN NORTHEAST BEDROOM HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN DOWN.VIEWED BOXES IN NORTHWEST BEDROOM( KIDS ROOM). THERE WERE SEVERAL MINIMUM HOUSING VIOLATIONS, MY FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS: INTERIOR FEATURES: >WINDOW CRANKS THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE EITHER LACK OR ARE MISSING WINDOW CRANKS. WINDOWS ARE PAINTED SHUT MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO OPEN WINDOWS AND WINDOW LATCHES. >GLASS PANE IN DININGROOM WINDOW SEVERELY CRACKED >KITCHEN CABINETS AND HALL CABINETS BOTH LACK OR HAVE BROKEN DOOR CATCHES. DOORS DO NOT PROPERLY CLOSE OR DOORS STAY OPEN DUE TO CABINETS BEING PAINTED LEAVING DOORS TOO TIGHT TO CLOSE. >CRACK IN KITCHEN CEILING NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED.(TENANT MENTIONED IT LEAKS, HOWEVER NO WATER STAINS WERE VIEWED.) >HOT WATER HEATER DOOR LACKS A KNOB. >KITCHEN COUNTER TOP NEXT TO THE STOVE IS NOT PROPERLY MOUNTED. >FLOOR TILE UNDER REFRIGERATOR IS DAMAGED(1) NEEDS REPAIRING. >HOLE IN FURNACE ROOM WALL NEEDS PATCHING. >TOWEL BAR AND TOILET PAPER HOLDER HAS COME OFF THE WALL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED OR REMOVED AND HOLES PATCHED. >BOTH BEDROOM DOORS DO NOT SHUT, NEED TO BE TRIMMED. >NORTHEAST BEDROOM DOOR LACKS A DOOR KNOB. >LARGE HOLE NEXT TO ELECTRICAL PANEL NEEDS PATCHING OR SOME TYPE OF COVER PLATE. >NORTHWEST DOOR KNOB NOT PROPERLY WORKING. FIRE SAFETY: UNIT LACKS WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS (2). ELECTRICAL: >DININGROOM SWITCH LACKS COVER PLATE. >DININGROOM FAN WOBBLES SEVERELY, AS WELL AS NORTHWEST BEDROOM FAN. >ELECTRICAL BOX IN FURNACE ROOM NEEDS TO BE CORRECTLY MOUNTED. >COMPLETE OVER HEAD VANITY LIGHT IN BATHROOM OR REMOVE. >ELECTRICAL BOX IN NORTHWEST BEDROOM CLOSET LAKS COVER PLATE. >
09/19/2005 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT GGOODMAN Approved PRIOR TO VISITING SITE I CALLED OWNER JAN CASEY. WENT OVER PROBLEMS ON COMPLAINT FORM AND ASKED IF SHE HAD BEEN MADE AWARE OF ANY OF THE PROBLEMS. JAN MENITIONED THAT SHE KNEW OF SOME REPAIRS THAT WERE NEEDED BUT THAT THEY HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. JAN MENTIONED THAT SHE HAD HIRED AND PAYED SOME FRIENDS OF TENANTS TO DO THE REPAIRS. JAN MENTIONED THAT SHE HAD NOT BEEN CALLED ON ANY OTHER REPAIRS. VISITED SITE, SPOKE WITH TENANT CORINA WWHO MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CALLING AND CALLING THEIR LANDLORD, THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BY HER, THAT ANY MINOR REPAIRS HAVE USUALLY BEEN DONE BY THEIR FRIENDS. CORINA MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE CONSIDERED MOVING OUT BECAUSE NOTHING HAS GOTTEN DONE. MENTIONED THAT THERE LEASE HAS EXPIRED AND AT THIS TIME THEY ARE PAYING MONTH TO MONTH. CORINA MENTIONED THAT THEY ARE CURRENT ON RENT, BUT THAT THEY OWE LANDLORD FOR SOME OF AUGUST. WENT OVER MAJOR ISSUES WITH CORINA AND FIANCE BENNY. SAW SEVERAL MINIMUM HOUSING ISSUES, MY FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS: INTERIOR FEATURES: >WINDOW CRANKS THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE DO NOT PROPERLY WORK, OR WINDOWS HAVE BEEN PAINTED SHUT. >CRACK IN KITCHEN CEILING NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED (TENANT MENTIONED IT WAS LEAKING BUT I FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF WATER LEAKS.) >KITCHEN CABINET DOORS AS WELL AS THE HALL CABINET DOORS DO NOT LATCH AND CLOSE PROPERLY. >HOT WATER HEATER DOOR LACKS A KNOB. >KITCHEN COUNTER TOP NEXT TO STOVE LACKS PROPER SUPPORT. >FLOORING HAS BEEN RIPPED OR FOLDED BACK UNDER THE REFRIGERATOR AND NEEDS REPAIRS. >HOLE IN FURNACE ROOM WALL NEEDS PATCHING. >NORTHWEST BEDROOM DOOR CANNOT SHUT COMPLETELY AND KNOB DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK. >LARGE HOLE NEXT TO ELECTRIC PANEL NORTHWEST BEDRROOM CLOSET NEEDS PATCHING. >NORTHEAST BEDROOM DOOR LACKS KNOB AND DOES NOT SHUT. ELECTRIC: >DINING ROOM SWITCH WEST WALL LACKS COVER PLATE. >DINING ROOM FAN WOBBLES SEVERELY NEEDS REPAIR. >ELECTRICAL BOX IN FURNACE ROOM NEEDS TO BE PROPERLY MOUNTED. >COMPLETE OVERHEAD VANITY LIGHT IN BATHROOM OR REMOVE. >NORTH WEST BEDROOM, ELECTRICAL BOX IN CLOSET LACKS COVER PLATE. >JUNCTION BOX ON BACK PORCH LACKS COVER PLATE. SHOWS EXPOSED WIRES. >INTERIOR SUB-PANEL IS DBL LUGGED. >CIRCUITS HAVE BEEN ADDED FOR WASHER. > SERVICE PANEL WAS INSTALLED WITHOUT PERMIT, AND HAS EXPOSED ROMEX RUNNING TO THE BOX. FIRE SAFETY: >UNIT LACKS WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS. PLUMBING: >WATERHEATER DRAIN DRAINS UP TO THE CEILING AND HAS A HOSE BIB INSTALLED IN DRAIN LINE. >TUB PANELING IS DETERIORATING, TUB AND PANELING NEEDS TO BE SEALED (OR CAULKED) AT ALL EDGES. >TUB FAUCET AND SHOWER DIVERTER ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND ONE SIDE LACKS AN ESCUTCHEON. >WASHER DRAIN LACKS A P-TRAP, DRAIN HAS BEEN ADDED (WORK WITHOUT PERMITS) APPLIANCES: >OVEN DOES NOT LIGHT, BOTTOM TRAY MUST FIRST BE REMOVED TO LIGHT THE OVEN. WORK WITHOUT PERMITS: >STORAGE ROOM HAS BEEN ADDED WITHOUT PERMITS. >PORCH HAS BEEN ADDED WITH OUT PERMITS. ACCESSORY STRUCTURES: >EXTERIOR PERIMETER WOOD FENCING IS LEANING AND LISTING.
02/13/2006 INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE GGOODMAN Approved VISITED SITE ON FOLLOW UP INSPECTION, CHECKED PACKET AND FOUND NOV WAS RETURNED, CALLED CONTACT NUMBER FOR OWNER, CALLED AND RECEIVED NO ANSWER. LEFT MY CONTACT NUMBER AND THE REASON I WAS CALLING ON THE VOICEMAIL. ASKED FOR RETURN CALL. KNOCKED ON DOOR AT 1635 E JUSTIN, RECEIVED NO ANSWER. KNOCKED ON UNIT NEXT DOOR, 1633 ASKED TENANT IF SHE HAD CONTACT NUMBER AND ADDRESS FOR OWNER. ASKED IF TENANTS WERE STILL THERE, SHE SAID THEY MOVED AND WERE NOT THERE.

Completed Activity Special Conditions

Case Description - RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Case Number - T05DV00582
Case Status: COURTCMP
Total Completed Case Activity Conditions: 2
Date Name
02/27/2006 CONTACTED BY PHONE
10/19/2005 NOTICE OF VIOLATION ISSUED