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Case Details

Status:

COMPLIAN

Type:

REFUSE

Entered Date:

05/16/2022

Applicant:

THOMAS A MASSINO

Description:

multiple piles of junk/refuse throughout front and back property, excessive piles of dead vegetation creating fire hazard

Case Violations

Case Number: T22DV02982
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Description: REFUSE
Total Violations: 3
Violation Date Code Statue
05/20/2022 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.
05/20/2022 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.
05/20/2022 T.C. Ch. 16, Sec. 16-13(h) OUTDOOR STORAGE Outdoor storage on residential properties is prohibited under the following conditions: 1. When stored in the front yard. 2. When stored in the side yard or rear yard and is not screened by a minimum five foot high solid wall or opaque fence. 3. When exceeds 25% of the total lot area. 4. When stored in an open covered porch that is visible from beyond the boundaries of the lot. 5. When stored in an open carport that is visible from beyond the boundaries of the lot where the amount of storage restricts an automobile from being properly stored within the carport. A double carport will require enough space to store two automobiles. 6. When storage items include garbage, refuse or debris.

Completed Inspections

Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Number: T22DV02982
Case Description: REFUSE
Total Completed Inspections - 2
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
05/20/2022 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT SLAIWA Approved ON SITE WITH INSPECTOR AG, FOUND STORAGE THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY EXCEEDS 25% OF THE LOT SIZE, WEEDS, GRASS AND TREES NEED TRIMMING, SENT 30 DAYS NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
08/29/2022 INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE SLAIWA Approved ON SITE, OVERGROWTH OV VEGETATION ISSUE IS TAKEN CARE OF ALL TRIMMED, NO STORAGE IN THE FRONT YARD EXCEPT FOR FEW DECORATIONS, IN COMPLIANCE AT THIS MOMENT. CASE CLOSED.

Completed Activity Special Conditions

Case Description - REFUSE
Case Number - T22DV02982
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Total Completed Case Activity Conditions: 4
Date Name
05/20/2022 CONTACTED BY PHONE
05/20/2022 CONTACTED BY MAILING
05/20/2022 NOTICE OF VIOLATION ISSUED
08/29/2022 VIOLATION CLOSED