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Case Details

Status:

COMPLIAN

Type:

HOMELESS CAMPS

Entered Date:

03/17/2016

Applicant:

MORELAND ARIZONA PROPERTIES LLC

Description:

property behind QT. There is a car lot that is fenced in and the area between the fence and the wall of Ridge 22 condominiums ( 7662-7668 E 22nd ST) Is over grown, has homeless living. Drug addicts, and the homeless have made a mess, trash, human feces, etc.

Case Violations

Case Number: T16DV01592
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Description: HOMELESS CAMPS
Total Violations: 5
Violation Date Code Statue
04/05/2016 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.
04/05/2016 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.
04/05/2016 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.
04/05/2016 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.
04/05/2016 T.C. Ch. 16, Sec. 16-33. PLACING REFUSE UPON THE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER OR PUBLIC PROPERTY; ILLEGAL LITTERING OR DUMPING PROHIBITED; PERSONS RESPONSIBLE. (a) No person shall place any refuse upon any private or public property not owned or under the control of that person. In addition to any penalty that may be imposed by this chapter or the Tucson Code, such person shall be liable for all costs for the removal, abatement or enjoining of the refuse. (b) No person shall litter, discard refuse, or allow refuse to be discarded except at the places and in the manner authorized in Chapter 15 of this Code. (c) The following persons are jointly and individually liable for a violation of subsection (b): (1) The resident of the property upon which the debris has been discarded; (2) The person who discarded or allowed the debris to be discarded; (3) The person who owns or maintains a refuse container in which refuse is improperly placed or discarded; and (4) The person who generated the refuse. When an item contained in refuse discarded in violation of this section identifies a person, the item creates a rebuttable presumption that the person so identified generated the refuse.

Outstanding Inspections

Case Number: T16DV01592
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Description: HOMELESS CAMPS
Total Outstanding Inspections - 5
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
05/05/2016 NPO(PL)-SEWAGE DISPOSAL (SYS) SMITH Item closed
05/05/2016 NPO - REFUSE/TRASH/DEBRIS SMITH Item closed
05/05/2016 NPO - ILLEGAL DUMPING SMITH Item closed
05/05/2016 NPO - VEGETATION NUISANCE SMITH Item closed
05/05/2016 NPO - WEEDS/GRASSES SMITH Item closed

Completed Inspections

Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Number: T16DV01592
Case Description: HOMELESS CAMPS
Total Completed Inspections - 2
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
04/04/2016 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT SMITH Approved Inspection found overgrown vegetation with trash and debris on the lot. One homeless camp was found with a tent that was locked. Most of the debris has been dumped on the property by people or homeless.
05/05/2016 INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE SMITH Approved Property has been cleared and and you can see in and around the area where the Homeless camp was. Case Closed.

Completed Activity Special Conditions

Case Description - HOMELESS CAMPS
Case Number - T16DV01592
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Total Completed Case Activity Conditions: 3
Date Name
04/06/2016 CONTACTED BY MAILING
04/05/2016 NOTICE OF VIOLATION ISSUED
05/05/2016 VIOLATION CLOSED

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