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Case: T12DV01858

Case Details

Status:

COMPLIAN

Type:

RES: VACANT & ABANDONED
Address:

Entered Date:

03/09/2012

Applicant:

ARTEMIO Z GUERRERO & ELVIA M GUERRERO

Description:

Possible abandoned home. Evidently, this is a home that has had problems with TPD with the homeowner leaving small children in the home to live alone. The residents have now left and the home has been broken into many times and had metal, and other items stolen out of the home. Beds are out in the front yard, report of location being a real mess.

Case Violations

Case Number: T12DV01858
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Description: RES: VACANT & ABANDONED
Total Violations: 2
Violation Date Code Statue
03/12/2012 T.C. Ch. 16, Sec. 16-13(b) ACCUMULATION OF REFUSE PROHIBITED. Each owner, lessee, tenant, resident or occupant shall maintain a property so it is free of accumulated refuse and debris. Accumulated refuse and debris means contained or uncontained refuse and debris that is present on the property in a manner not authorized by the Tucson Code. Material recycling facilities meeting the requirements of section 15-24.7 are exempt from this prohibition.
03/12/2012 T.C. Ch. 16, Sec. 16-12(a)(3) BOARDED WINDOW OR DOOR OPENINGS. a. No occupied structure may have boarded window or door openings, except as necessary on a temporary basis to keep the structure secure while under repair. b. While vacant structures may temporarily be secured by boarding up window and door openings in accordance with section 16-14(b), having or maintaining boarded window or door openings on a vacant structure for 180 days or more in any one-year period is prohibited.

Outstanding Inspections

Case Number: T12DV01858
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Description: RES: VACANT & ABANDONED
Total Outstanding Inspections - 4
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
05/10/2012 NPO - UNSECURED BUILD OR STRUC LPUMPHRE Item closed
05/10/2012 NPO - BOARDING EXCEEDING 180 D LPUMPHRE Item closed
07/10/2012 NPO - REFUSE/TRASH/DEBRIS LPUMPHRE Item closed
07/10/2012 NPO - WEEDS/GRASSES LPUMPHRE Item closed

Completed Inspections

Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Number: T12DV01858
Case Description: RES: VACANT & ABANDONED
Total Completed Inspections - 2
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
03/12/2012 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT LPUMPHRE Approved Site inspection; TPD and owners were unexpectedly present at location due to recent trespassing of property and structure and theft of copper wire, etc. Main service meter previously removed and red-tagged by TEP. Accumulation of refuse and vegetation on property. Refuse is primarily items left by previous tenants who moved out approx. September 2011. Front door boarded previously; all other windows and doors remain secured. Property is boarded by fencing with front gate that can be locked, though the gate was broken at inspection. Owners were advised of NOV to be sent and given biz card.
07/10/2012 INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE LPUMPHRE Approved Compliant; all veg and refuse removed.

Outstanding Case Activity Conditions

Date Name Approved
03/12/2012 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 fee 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. T.C. Ch. 16, Sec. 16-13(d) DUTY TO REMOVE WEEDS AND REFUSE FROM ABUTTING SIDEWALKS, STREETS AND ALLEYS UPON NOTICE. Upon receipt of notice served pursuant to section 16-45, the owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of any premises shall remove from the premises and the abutting portions of contiguous sidewalks, streets and alleys, all weeds, garbage, debris or other refuse which may endanger the health, safety or welfare of the persons in the vicinity of such premises. This duty extends to and includes any abutting sidewalk area and one-half (½) the width of abutting alleys, from the property line to the center line of the alley. Not Approved

Completed Activity Special Conditions

Case Description - RES: VACANT & ABANDONED
Case Number - T12DV01858
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Total Completed Case Activity Conditions: 4
Date Name
05/11/2012 CONTACTED BY PHONE
03/12/2012 NOTICE OF VIOLATION ISSUED
07/10/2012 VIOLATION CLOSED
05/14/2012 RESEARCH