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Case: T10DV08776

Case Details

Status:

REFERRED

Type:

VACANT AND NEGLECTED PROGRAM
Address:

Entered Date:

12/07/2010

Applicant:

BEA GRUWELL

Description:

Yards full of refuse and overgrown grass/weeds. Vacant and dilapidated roof on structure.

Case Violations

Case Number: T10DV08776
Case Status: REFERRED
Case Description: VACANT AND NEGLECTED PROGRAM
Total Violations: 3
Violation Date Code Statue
12/13/2010 T.C. Ch. 16, Sec. 16-13(a) ACCUMULATION OF VEGETATION PROHIBITED. Each owner, lessee, tenant, resident or occupant shall maintain a property so it is free of the accumulation or untended growth of vegetation. The accumulation or untended growth of vegetation means the presence of plants on property that create a fire, safety or health hazard, or that attract vermin either on the property, on neighboring properties, or on both, and includes but is not limited to: (1) Any lawn grass that exceeds 6 inches in height; (2) All weeds that exceed 6 inches in height; (3) Dead trees and dead shrubs; (4) Dead palm fronds within ten feet of the ground, a structure, a fence or wall, or of any combustible other than the tree from which the fronds have grown; (5) Any tree, shrub, or other form of vegetation of any kind on the property or on the adjoining right-of-way, street, or alley that extends over or under the sidewalk space or roadway in a manner that may interfere with the reasonable use of the street, sidewalk, or alley for pedestrian or vehicular traffic of any kind or that may obstruct the view or light distribution of traffic-control devices or luminaries. Vegetation must be trimmed and maintained to provide an unobstructed pedestrian path a minimum 48 inches in width and 80 inches in height from grade.
12/13/2010 T.C. Ch. 16, Sec. 16-14. Dilapidated structures; vacant and unsecured structures; buildings and structures constituting a nuisance. (a) Dilapidated structures. Buildings or structures that are so deteriorated, damaged, dilapidated, or in need of repair so as to present a threat to the health, safety and welfare of the community constitute a nuisance and shall be abated by repair, rehabilitation or demolition as provided in Article VI of this chapter.
12/13/2010 T.C. Ch. 16, Sec. 16-30. GRAFFITI PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REMOVAL. (a) Graffiti prohibited, abatement procedures, penalty. No person who owns or is in control of any real property within the city shall maintain, permit or allow graffiti to remain on any building, fence, structure or otherwise on such property where the graffiti is visible from the street or other public or private property. (b) Notice of violation and abatement. Upon the receipt of notice requiring abatement from the graffiti abatement official, any person owning or otherwise being in control of the property shall remove or abate all graffiti within the time frame specified in such notice. The graffiti abatement official shall give notice utilizing the procedures set forth in section 16-45 of this chapter, except that the notice need not include a statement describing the right to an administrative appeal, since none exists. The graffiti abatement official may cause the removal of graffiti from private property should the property owner or person in control fail to remove graffiti after the required notice. The city or its authorized representative is expressly authorized to enter private property and abate graffiti.

Outstanding Inspections

Case Number: T10DV08776
Case Status: REFERRED
Case Description: VACANT AND NEGLECTED PROGRAM
Total Outstanding Inspections - 4
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE None Not Inspected
12/13/2010 NPO(DL)-DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE DCOX Notice of violation
12/13/2010 NPO - REFUSE/TRASH/DEBRIS DCOX Notice of violation
12/13/2010 NPO - WEEDS/GRASSES DCOX Notice of violation

Completed Inspections

Case Status: REFERRED
Case Number: T10DV08776
Case Description: VACANT AND NEGLECTED PROGRAM
Total Completed Inspections - 1
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
12/08/2010 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT DCOX Approved Weeds are overgrown and the house appears unoccupied. Water records indicate an "active" service account in the name of the listed owner. Owner has an out of state address. NOV for weeds, debris and general condition of residence.

Completed Activity Special Conditions

Case Description - VACANT AND NEGLECTED PROGRAM
Case Number - T10DV08776
Case Status: REFERRED
Total Completed Case Activity Conditions: 3
Date Name
07/27/2011 CONTACTED BY PHONE
12/14/2010 CONTACTED BY MAILING
12/13/2010 NOTICE OF VIOLATION ISSUED