Case: T19DV06910
Case Details
Entered Date:
08/30/2019
Applicant:
MARTIN CINDY L
Description:
TPD REQUEST/ HOARDING SITUATION
Completed Inspections
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Number: T19DV06910
Case Description: EMERGENCY
Total Completed Inspections - 2
| End Date | Description | Inspector | Results | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/29/2019 | INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT | GOODMAN | Approved | VISITED SITE, MET WITH TPD OFFICERS WHO INFORMED THEY ARRIVED BECAUSE OF A CALL FROM A NEIGHBOR. THEY FOUND GARAGE DOOR HALF OPEN AND GARAGE FILLED WITH DEBRIS. LIGHTS WERE OFF TO THE HOUSE, TPD KNOCKED ON DOOR BUT RECEIVED NO ANSWER. THEY OPENED THE DOOR AND CALLED OUT INDETIFYING THEMSELVES, HEARD THE TV ON AND ENDED UP WAKING THE OWNER WHO WAS ON THE COUCH ASLEEP. THEY FELL UPON A HOARDING SITUATION, THEY STATED THERE WAS DEBRIS EVERYWHERE AND NO PROPER PATHWAYS. PATHWAYS WERE FOUND TO BE 12 INCHES TO 18 INCHES WIDE. I TOOK PICTURES AS I WENT ALONG, FOUND DEBRIS TO BE STACKED ANYWHERE FROM 6 FT TO 8 FT IN HEIGHT. ONCE INSIDE THE STRUCTURE IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I WAS AT, WHETHER I WAS IN A BEDROOM, KITCHEN OR BEDROOM. I DID FIND THE OWNER HAD NO WATER BUT DID HAVE ELECTRICITY. THE HOUSE WAS THE SAME THRU OUT THE STRUCTURE. I SPOKE WITH THE OWNER AND ASKED IF SHE HAD FAMILY IN TUCSON, SHE STATED SHE HAD A DAUGHTER HERE IN TOWN, AND IF NEEDED WOULD BE ABLE TO STAY WITH HER DAUGHTER, THE OWNER CONTACTED HER DAUGHTER WHO STATED SHE WOULD COME AND PICK HER UP. I ASKED THE OWNER IF SHE WOULD ACCEPT HELP FROM AN OUT SIDE AGENCY TO CLEAN THE STRUCTURE. SHE STATED THEY WOULD JUST GET IN THE WAY BECAUSE SHE WOULD NEED TO CHECK EVERYTHING AND CATEGORIZE STUFF SO SHE COULD TAKE IT TO STORAGE. I REALIZED THIS WAS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT PROCESS TO HELP GET THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE CLEANED OUT. I THEN CHECKED THE REAR YARD WITH TPD OFFICER AND FOUND I COULD NOT EVEN GET TO THE GATE. I LOOKED OVER THE WALL AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE REAR YARD WAS NOT EVEN WALKABLE THINGS WERE PACKED SO TIGHT. I FOUND THE EAST SIDE TO BE SIMILIAR. I DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE COMPLETE REAR YARD. A NOTICE OF EMERGENCY ABATEMENT, ORDER TO VACATE WAS ISSUED TO AND SIGNED FOR BY THE OWNER. THE STRUCTURE WAS CONDEMNED. THE OWNER AND THE OWNERS DAUGHTER WERE GIVEN MY CONTACT INFORMATION. THE STRUCTURE WAS POSTED "DO NOT ENTER, UNFIT TO OCCUPY" THE OWNER WAS INSTRUCTED THAT SHE COULD ONLY BE INSIDE THE STRUCTURE DURING DAYTIME HOURS AND SHE HAD TO BE CLEANING OUT THE STRUCTURE. I EXPLAINED TO HER I WOULD NEED TO WORK ON A TIME FRAME FOR ABATEMENT. |
| 10/30/2019 | INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE | GOODMAN | Approved | VISITED SITE WITH INSPECTOR VINDIOLA AFTER RECEIVEING A CALL FROM A NEIGHBOR WHO STATED OWNER IS TAKING METAL OUT OF THE REAR YARD AND STACKING IT IN THE FRONT DRIVE. NEIGHBOR IS TRYING TO SELL HER HOME AND IS AFRAID SHE WON'T BE ABLE TO BECAUSE OF DEBRIS IN THE FRONT YARD AREA. AT THE TIME OF MY INITIAL INSPECTION I FOUND DIFFERENT TYPES OF METAL ITEMS ON THE ENTIRE WEST SID E OF THE STRUCTURE, THERE WAS NO ROOM TO WALK INTO THE REAR YARD. TODAY WE FOUND THE DEBRIS HAD BEE REMOVED FROM THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. OWNER STATED SHE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THAT FIRST SO THAT SHE COULD REMOVE THE DEBRIS INSIDE, PUT IT IN THE REAR YARD. WALKED INSIDE AND DID FIND PATHWAYS THRU THE INSIDE FO THE STRUCTURE TO EXTERIOR EXITS. THE REAR AZ ROOM AND LIVINGROOM HAD DEBRIS REMOVED OR AT LEAST MINIMIZED. DID FIND WHERE SHE STACKED ITEMS OUTSIDE AND THEN GOT RID OF THEM. SAME WITH THE METAL ON THE SIDE, AND THE OWNER IS WORKING BY HERSELF TO TAKE ON THIS DAUNTING TASK. CANNOT SEE THE REAR OF THE YARD FROM PUBLIC VIEW BECAUSE OF A SEVEN FOOT WALL ALL THE WAY AROUND. OWNER STATED SHE WOULD REMOVE ALL METAL STACKED IN THE DRIVEWAY BY 11/01 . ANGEL TOLD THE OWNER HE WOULD BE BY ON 11/01 TO REINSPECT. I WILL GIVE THE OWNER 30 MORE DAYS ON THE INSIDE OF THE STRUCTURE AND WILL CLOSE MY CASE AND REFER IT TO ANGELS CASE. COMPLIANCE / CLOSE CASE. |