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Case Details

Status:

COMPLIAN

Type:

RES: MINIMUM HOUSING

Address:

1702 E BANTAM RD

Entered Date:

09/27/2005

Applicant:

FLORES BRENDA S

Description:

ELECTRIC STOVE SMOKED AND SHOCK TENANTS HUSBAND WHEN ATTEMPTED TO UNPLUG, COOLER COOLS ONLY HALF OF HOME, ONE OUT OF TWO RESTROOMS DOES NOT HAVE WORKING PLUMBING, ROOF LEAKS AND CAUSED WATER DAMAGE TO WALLS AND CEILING.

Completed Inspections

Case Status: COMPLIAN

Case Number: T05DV00800

Case Description: RES: MINIMUM HOUSING

Total Completed Inspections - 3

End Date	Description	Inspector	Results	Comments
10/03/2005	INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT	HLOPEZ	Approved	VISITED SITE ON INITIAL INSPECTION, MADE CONTACT WITH TENATS. TENATS ALLOWED ENTRY INTO STRUCTURE FOR MIN- HOUSING INSPECTION. STRUCTURE CONSIST OF CONVERTED TRAVEL TRAILER WITH ADDITIONS TO BOTH CAST AND WEST SIDE. EASTSIDE STRUCTURE ADDITION IS MADE OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE ADOBE BLOCK, INCLUDES LIVING ROOM WITH FIREPLACE AND 2 BEDROOM 1 BATH. WESTSIDE STRUCTURE CONSIST OF FAMILY ROOM, LAUNDRY ROOM, AND MASTER BEDROOM. WESTSIDE MEASURES APPROX. 8 FEET BY 60 FEET. EASTSIDE MEASURES APPROX. 12 FEET BY 60 FEET. MIN HOUSING INSPECTION WAS DONE AND VIOLATIONS WERE FOUND AND ARE AS FOLLOWS: FIRE SAFETY: 1. NO WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS HEATING SYSTEM: 1. IMPROPER DOOR HAS BEEN INSTALLED FOR HEATING APPLIANCES COMPARTMENET, COMBUSTION AIR VENTS ARE LACK AND DOOR IS MADE OF PARTICAL BOARD AND LACKS FIRE RATING. 2. FURNACE CLOSET AND FURNACE REQUIRES SERVICING AND COMPARTMENT HAS LARGE AMOUNTS OF DUST AND COBWEBS THAT POSE AN IMMEANT FIRE HAZARD. 3. FLOOR VENTS FOR HEATING SYSTEM LACKING IN WALKIN CLOSET, POSE A SAFETY HAZARD. ALSO IN KITCHEN AREA. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: 1. SEVERAL RECEPTACLES LACK COVER PLATES. 2. TEST EQUIPMENT WAS USED TO TEST RECEPTACLES AND FOUND OPEN GROUNDS, RECESSED HOT NEUTRALS, SOME RECEPTACLES WERE NOT ENERGIZED IN SOME SECTIONS OF STRUCTURE. 3. SOME RECEPTACLES WERE NOT SECURED PROPERLY, WHEN TENTED RECEPTACLES PULLED OUT OF WALLS. 4. 220 CIRCUIT FOR ELECTRIC STOVE WAS REPORPED TO BE ARCHING. APPEARS SEPERATE CIRCUIT WAS INSTALLED FOR ELECTRIC STOVE AND RAN UNDER TRAIL AND INTO KITCHEN OPEN IN FLOOR LACK PROTECTIVE GROMET POOSIBLE W/O/P. 5. ELECTRICAL DISCONNECT WAS FOUD TO CONTAIN DOUBLE LUGGED BREAKER. 6. INTERIOR SUBPANEL LACKING DEAD FRONT PLATE. 7. POSSIBLE WORK WITHOUT PERMITS FOR ADDITION, ADDITION OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS. 8. TRAILER BEDROOM COILING LIGHT HAS NO WAY TO BE TURNED ON OTHER THAN SCREWING IN LIGHT BULB. 9. WALL AC UNIT, NOT ON DEDICATED CIRCUIT. 10. OPEN J-BOX WITH EXPOSED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR BEHING STOVE. PLUMBING SYSTEM: 1. ADDITION OF LAUNDRY ROOM, DRAIN APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT PROPER PERMITS AND INSPECTION EVIDENCED BY LACK OF REQUIRED P- TRAL AT STAND PIPE. W/O/P ON WATER SUPPLY LINES. 2. NEW TYPE HOT WATER HEATER W. INCLOSURE HAS BEEN INSTALLED. CHECK FOR PERMITS- PERMITS HAD EXPIRED. 3. WEST BATH SHOWER LACKS HOT WATER SIDE HANDLE. 4. TOILET NOT SECURED TO FLOOR, LACKS CLOSET FLANGE BOLTS AND WOBBLES SIDE TO SIDE. 5. CHECK FOR PERMITS FOR ADDITION OF BATHROOM - APPORVED AND PERMITTED. 6. TOILET IN TRAILER SECTION NOT WORKING- NOT AN ISSUES, REQUIRES WORKING. INTERIOR FEATURES: 1. CEILING IN EASTSIDE LIVING ROOM SHOWS WATER DAMAGE FOR ROOF LEAK. TAPPED JOINT HAS SEPERATED AND TENANT STATED WATER LEAKS THROUGH WHEN IT RAINS, WATER STAINS ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT STRUCTURES. 2. EASTSIDE BEDROOM SOUTHSIDE, CARPET HAS BEEN REMOVED EXPOSING CONCRETE FLOOR, TACK STRIPS WITH NAILS POSES A SAFETY HAZARD. 3. 2 HOLES IN WALLS, 1 HOLE BY WESTSIDE ENTRY DOOR APPROX 8'' COMPLETY THROUGH WALL . ANOTHER IN WEST SIDE MASTER BEDROOM APPROX 14'' BY 10'' WITH EXPOSED INSULATION. 1 HOLE IN BEDROOM APPROX. 8'' BY 14'' IN WALL JUST BELOW CEILING IN TRAILER SECTION. INTERIOR INSECT AND RODENT CONTROL: 1. INFESTATION OF ANTS WERE PRESENT, LARGE AMOUNTS OF ANTS WERE NOTICED LINED UP FROM KITCHEN TO STEPS AT WEST SIDE. ACCESS CONTROL: 1. TRAILER SECTION- NORTHSIDE WINDOW CANNOT BE SECURED DUE TO LACKING CRANK HANDLES. BUILDING AND STRUCTURES EXTERIORS: 1. ALL ENTRY DOORS LACKING WEATHER STRIPPING 2. WEST SIDE DOOR CAN NOT BE OPEN DUE TO COMING APART WHEN OPENED HOLE IN NORTH WEST DOOR, DOOR SHOE LACKING ON NORTH EAST DOOR. 3. SECTION OF OVER HUNG WERE FOUND TO BE CONTAINING WOOD ROT INSPECTION OF ROOF FOUND. 4. DRIP EDGE LACKING ON EAST SIDE FRONT SECTION 5. PLEXI GLASS HAS BEEN INSTALLED INCORRECTLY PIECES OF WOOD USED TO FILL GAPS.
10/05/2005	INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE	HLOPEZ	Approved	VISITED SITE ON FOLLOW UP INSPECTION TO TAKE PICTURE OF EXTERIOR VIOLATION DUE TO CMERA WAS NOT AVAILABLE ON INITIAL INSPECTION. TOOK PICTURES OF: 1. HAZARDOUS PORCH STRUCTURE ATTACHED TO MAIN STRUCTURE OVERSPAN AND ATTACHED FACSICE BOARD. 2. DETERIORATED ROOF OVERHANGER CONTAINING WOOD ROT. 3. HAZARDOUS ELECTRICAL- 2 LIFE LINES, DOUBLE LUGGED BREAKERS, INCORRECT EMT FITTING AND NOT SECURED TO WALL. 4. POSSIBLE W/O/P ON HOT WATER HEATER- EXPIRED PERMITS 5. MODIFICATION TO TRAVEL TRAILER WITH BLOCK STRUCTURE ATTACHED TO MAIN STRUCTURE ON EASTSIDE AND WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE ON PORCH SLAB, PORCH SLAB HAS NO FOUNDATION FOOTER AND FLOOR PLATE IS NOT PRESSURE TREATED INCLUDING ELECTRICAL, WATER SUPPLY. 6. OPEN COOLER RISER ON ROOF NOT SECURED PROPERLY ALLOW WATER TO ENTER INTO STRUCTURE AND HAS DAMAGE HALL WALL CEILING. LEFT CARD REQUESTING CONTACT FOR PICTURES FROM INTERIOR VIOLATIONS.
04/11/2006	EMERGENCY CALL OUT	HLOPEZ	Approved	RESEARCHED PERMITS PLUS PROGRAM, NO CURRENT PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED REGARDING ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING & STRUCTURAL ISSUES - NO COMBO PERMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED.

Completed Activity Special Conditions

Case Description - RES: MINIMUM HOUSING

Case Number - T05DV00800