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Case: T17DV06337

Case Details

Status:

REFERRED

Type:

HOMELESS CAMPS
Address:

Entered Date:

11/27/2017

Applicant:

RICHARD ANTHONY KURZ

Description:

TRASH, REFUSE, DEBRIS WEEDS AND GRASS OVER 6 INCHES HOMELESS CAMP AND VARIOUS HOMELESS PEOPLE COMING AND GOING AND POSSIBLY SETTING UP PERMANENT CAMPS

Case Violations

Case Number: T17DV06337
Case Status: REFERRED
Case Description: HOMELESS CAMPS
Total Violations: 3
Violation Date Code Statue
12/20/2017 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.
12/20/2017 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.
12/20/2017 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.

Outstanding Inspections

Case Number: T17DV06337
Case Status: REFERRED
Case Description: HOMELESS CAMPS
Total Outstanding Inspections - 4
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
NPO - REFUSE/TRASH/DEBRIS None Not Inspected
NPO - ILLEGAL DUMPING None Not Inspected
NPO - WEEDS/GRASSES None Not Inspected
HOMELESS CAMPS None Not Inspected

Completed Inspections

Case Status: REFERRED
Case Number: T17DV06337
Case Description: HOMELESS CAMPS
Total Completed Inspections - 2
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
12/20/2017 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT BIGMAN Approved REFUSE, TALL GRASS AND WEEDS ON VACANT LOT. HOMELESS MAN TO RETURN BCK TO SITE TO REMOVE BELONGINGS OFF VACANT LOT.
12/29/2017 INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE BIGMAN Approved DRIVING BY SITE FOUND HOMELESS PEOPLE ON SITE STILL LIVING ON SITE. WILL CALL TPD. CALLED LEFT VM. MAN AND WOMAN ON SITE. STATE THEY WILL BE OFF THE PROPERTY BEFORE THE END OF TODAY.