Case: T21DV04377
Case Details
Entered Date:
07/12/2021
Applicant:
JUAN A PEREZ RAMIREZ
Description:
eaning four feet of dirt on property block wall. Without a retaining wall.
Completed Inspections
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Number: T21DV04377
Case Description: WORK WITHOUT PERMITS-RESIDENTL
Total Completed Inspections - 2
| End Date | Description | Inspector | Results | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/13/2021 | INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT | GOODMAN | Approved | I VISITED THE PROPERTY, THE PARCEL IN QUESTION IS A LARGE PARCEL WITH A WASH THAT RUNS ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WITH THE JEHOVAH'S CHURCH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE WASH AND A CHAIN LINK FENCE ADDED JUST SOUTH OF THE WASH. THE WASH RUNS DOWNHILL FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST. THE FRONT OR EAST SIDE OF THE PARCEL ALSO HAS A CHAIN LINK FENCE, AND THERE IS A CHAIN LINK FENCE AT THE VERY TOP OF THIS PARCEL, AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARCEL IS ELEVATED ABOUT 6-7 FEET. THERE IS A BLOCK WALL BETWEEN THIS PROPERTY 1960 SOUTH SAN ANTONIO AND 2000 SOUTH. THE WALL STEPS UP FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST AND APPROX 2/3 OF THE WAY UP EITHER LEVELS OUT OR STEPS DOWN. THE PROPERTY AT 2000 HAS SEVERAL HOUSES ON THE PROPERTY AND THE N/W CORNER HOUSE IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE LOT HAS BEEN BUILT UP AND THE WALL PROBABLEY BELONGS TO THE 2000 ADDRESS EVIDENCE BY THE 6 FT WALL AND WALL DROPS DOWN TO APPROX 4 FT IN HEIGHT TELLING ME THAT THE 2000 S SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY HAS BUILT UP THE LOT TO THE WALL TO ACCOMODATE THE HOUSE AND DRIVEWAY TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF DIRT BEING STOCK PILED OR GRADED TO BUILD UP THE LOT. IT DOES APPEAR THAT THE AREA FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE LOT TO THE WEST SIDE WAS GRADED AT SOME POINT BUT THE FENCE ON THE WEST END OF THE LOT SHOWS THE ABOUT 18 INCHES OF DIRT BELOW THE FENCE LINE THAT CONFIRMS THE LOT WEST OF THIS PARCEL IS HIGHER LAND. THE QUESTION BECOMES DID 2000 S SAN ANTONIO BUILD THE WALL, PUSH DIRT AGAINST THE NON RETAINING WALL TO BUILD UP HIS LOT BUT IS AGAINST THE 1960 ADDRESS FILLING IS THE AREA OF HIS ORIGINAL LOT HEIGHT AND THE AREA TO THE WALL. IS THE 1960 ADDRESS TRYING TO AVOID FLOODING HIS HOUSE THAT SITS CLOSER TO THE WALL. INSPECTOR FEELS LIKE HE'S GUESSING WHEN THERE IS NO REAL EVIDENCE SHOWING DIRT HAS BEEN ADDED. WILL TRY TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE OWNER. |
| 08/09/2021 | INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE | GOODMAN | Approved | RECEIVED A CALL FROM NEIGHBOR, WHILE ON VACATION, EXPLAINING THAT THIS OWNER HAD REMOVED THE DIRT FROM THE WALL THAT HE HAD PUT UP AGAINST THE WALL OWNED BY THE NEIGHBOR. ATER RETURNING FROM VACATION I DID FIND THE DIRT HAD BEEN REMOVED BY THE HOMEOWNER ABATING THE ISSUE. NOV WAS NOT REQUIRED. COMPLIANCE / CLOSE CASE. |