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Case: T22DV01806

Case Details

Status:

COMPLIAN

Type:

EMERGENCY
Address:

Entered Date:

03/15/2022

Applicant:

HIGHTOWER ELIZABETH J

Description:

HOMELESS CAMP / DUMPSTER FIRE

Outstanding Inspections

Case Number: T22DV01806
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Description: EMERGENCY
Total Outstanding Inspections - 1
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE None Not Inspected

Completed Inspections

Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Number: T22DV01806
Case Description: EMERGENCY
Total Completed Inspections - 1
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
03/14/2022 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT GOODMAN Approved VISITED SITE, DID FIND A HOMELESS CAMP BEHIND THE PROPERTY. FIRST SPOKE TO THE HOMEOWNER WHO STATED THAT IN 2021 HOMELESS HAD STARTED HIS BACK GATE ON FIRE AND FREQUENTLY CAMP IN THE ALLEY. HE STATED SUNDAY 3/13 HE SAW FLAMES IN THE ALLEY AND FOUND THE 350 GALLON GARBAGE CONTAINER HAD BEEN STARTED ON FIRE. WHEN HE WAS CLEANING HIS BACK YARD AREA FOUND SEVERAL NEEDLES IN THE BACK YARD, THATS WHEN HE DECIDED TO CALL CODE ENFORCEMENT. MY INSPECTION DID FIND THE CAMP BEHIND THE PROPERTY AND THE FIRE DAMAGE DUMPSTER NEXT DOOR. CAMPERS WERE ASKED TO MOVE ON AND BEGAN PACKING UP RIGHT AWAY. INSPECTOR HELPED RAKE UP THE TRASH IN THE AREA AND THREW IT IN ONE OF THE 350 GALLON CONTAINERS. THERE WAS FURNITURE, SOFA AND CHAIRS, ALSO REMOVED BY THE INSPECTOR AND TAKEN TO COT TRANSFER STATION AND DUMPED. I INFORMED THE HOMEOWNER TO PLEASE CONTACT ME IF THE HOMELESS DID NOT LEAVE AND IF THEY DID LEAVE ANY BELONGING TO GO AHEAD AND THROW THEM IN THE TRASH CONTAINER. I LATER CONTACTED THE HOMEOWNER WHO INFORMED ME ALL DEBRIS WAS REMOVED, MINOR TRASH WENT INTO THE TRASH CONTAINER. COMPLIANCE / CLOSE CASE.