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Case: T18DV00218

Case Details

Status:

COMPLIAN

Type:

EMERGENCY
Address:

Entered Date:

01/12/2018

Applicant:

HOFFMAN CLIFFORD W

Description:

TPD CONTACTED C/E DUE TO LIVING CONDITIONS

Completed Inspections

Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Number: T18DV00218
Case Description: EMERGENCY
Total Completed Inspections - 2
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
01/11/2018 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT GOODMAN Approved VISTED SITE, MET WITH TPD OFFICERS WHO INFORMED ME, EDLERLY MOTHER 99 YRS OLD HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY DUE TO LIVING CONDITIONS, AND 78 YR OLD SON WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING A CARE GIVER NOT PROPERLY TAKING CARE OF HER. MOTHER HAD SORES ON BODY FROM BEING BEDRIDDEN. TPD STATED THE LIVING CONDITIONS WERE VERY BAD AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET AROUND THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE THAT WAS ALSO IN BAD SHAPE. SON RICHARD HOFFMAN EXPLAINED HE WAS ASKED BY THE CITY TO REMOVE HIS DEBRIS AND BELONGINGS FROM THE SIDE WALK AREA WHICH HE DID. HAVING BEEN BY THE PROPERTY BEFORE I COULD SEE THAT HE DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF REMOVING DEBRIS BUT MR HOFFMAN STATED ALOT OF THE BELONGINGS HAD TO BE STORED INSIDE THE HOUSE. UPON ENTERING THE UNIT, IT APPEARED TO BE A HOARDERS HOUSE. THE LIVINGROOM AREA LOOKED LIKE A WAREHOUSE PACKED TO THE CEILING AND COVERING ALL WINDOW EXITS. THE PATHWAY FROM THE LIVINGROOM TO THE KITCHEN WAS 3 FT WIDE BUT HAD DEBRIS COVERING THE FLOOR. THAT HAD TO BE STEPPED OVER. FOUND TRASH AND DEBRIS, FOOD AND DRINK ON THE COUNTER TOPS AND HANGING FROM THE CABINETS. REFRIGERATOR WAS BLOCKED AND NOT WORKING. HE HAD TWO MICROWAVES ON THE COUNTER BUT COULD NOT GET TO THEM. KITCHEN SINK ALSO NOT ACCESSIBLE. KITCHEN TO SHORT HALWAY WAS ALSO BLOCKED WITH DEBRIS ON THE FLOOR, BATHROOM WAS FULL OF STUFF, SHOWER PACKED WITH ONLY ENOUGH ROOM TO USE THE TOILET. ASKED OWNER TO FLUSH THE TOILET, HE SAID HE WOULD BUT HAD TO TURN WATER ON AT THE WATER METER. WATER HAD BEEN OFF BECAUSE HE COULD NOT AFFORD WATER BILL. COULD NOT SEE THE WALLS IN THE BEDROOM BECAUSE OF STACKED DEBRIS NEXT TO THE WALLS AND AROUND THE BED. COULD ONLY IDENTIFY THE BED AND TV THAT WAS ON AT THE TIME. FOUND OWNER DID HAVE WATER WHEN HE WANTED AND ELECTRICITY. COULD NOT SEE OUTLETS, ONLY SOME SWITCHES AND LIGHT FIXTURES WERE OLD AND WITHOUT GLOBES. COULD NOT SEE ANY SMOKE DETECTORS ANY WHERE IN THE HOUSE. OWNER STATED HED HAD 4 ON THE SHELF IN THE LIVINGROOM AND THEN WENT AND GOT THEM. I INFORMED HIM THEY NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. OWNER RICHARD HOFFMAN REFUSED TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY. TPD HAD NO INFORMATION ON SHELTERS THAT COULD TAKE HIM, AND IT WAS VERY COLD OUTSIDE. C/E WAS INFORMED BY TPD THAT DETECTIVES WOULD BE BACK AT 2:00 PM THE FOLLOWING DAY AND WOULD MAKE A ARREST DUE TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE MOTHER. I INFORMED TPD THAT IT WOULD BE EASIER TO REMOVE HIM AFTER TPD MADE THE ARREST AND OWNER NO LONGER ON THE PROPERTY. OWNER WAS ALLOWED TO STAY UNDER THE CONDITIONS PREVIOUSLY EXPLAINED. NOV WAS ISSUED FOR LIVING CONDITIONS, HAZARDOUS ELECTRICAL AND UNSAFE PLUMBING. NO SMOKE DETECTORS AND NO EGRESS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. NOV WAS ISSUE TO THE OWNER WITH A 10 DAYS FOLLOW UP. ON 1/12/18 I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DETECTIVE STATING THAT THEY WERE WITH APS SHOWING THEM THE PICTURES OF MOTHER AT THE HOSPITAL AND TPD WAS INFORMED THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO MAKE THE ARREAST.
02/04/2018 INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE GOODMAN Approved ALL SMOKE DETECTORS COMPLETED AND INSTALLED. ADDTIONAL CLEAN UP COMPLETED. MOTHER WILL NOT RETURN TO THE STRUCTURE. CLOSE CASE PER RICK SALDATE.