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Case: T22DV03379

Case Details

Status:

Citation

Type:

Front & back yard hoarding with refuse and debris.
Address:

Entered Date:

06/13/2022

Applicant:

N/A

Description:

Case Violations

Case Number: T22DV03379
Case Status: Citation
Case Description: Front & back yard hoarding with refuse and debris.
Total Violations: 4
Violation Date Code Statue
06/24/2022 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.
06/24/2022 T.C. Ch. 16, Sec. 16-15(a) JUNKED OR INOPERABLE VEHICLES Prohibited Storage: (1) No person owning or having custody of any junked or inoperable vehicle may store such vehicle on private property, or on any sidewalks, streets or alleys, within the city, except as otherwise permitted under this section; (2) No person owning, occupying or in control of any private property within the city may store any junked or inoperable vehicle on the owned or occupied property, or on any abutting sidewalks, streets or alleys, except as otherwise permitted under this section; (b) Permitted Storage: This section shall not apply to any junked or inoperable vehicle stored on private property if the vehicle: (1) Is on the premises of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner and licensed by the City under chapter 19 of the Tucson Code, and the storage of the vehicle is necessary to the operation of the business enterprise; or; (2) Is lawfully enclosed within: a. An enclosed garage or other permanent building lawfully constructed of opaque materials without openings, holes or gaps other than doors and windows; b. A carport, and an opaque car cover designed for that purpose (and not including tarps, bed sheets, plastic sheeting, or similar materials) completely covers the body of the vehicle; or c. The rear yard or side yard and screened by any fence, wall or barrier, not less than five (5) feet in height, constructed of opaque materials which screens it from view from any adjacent properties and the public right-of-way, and is equipped with self-latching gates or doors. Such fence, wall or barrier must comply with section 16-12(e).
06/24/2022 T.C. Ch. 16, Sec. 16-13(d) DUTY TO REMOVE WEEDS AND REFUSE FROM ABUTTING SIDEWALKS, STREETS AND ALLEYS UPON NOTICE Upon receipt of notice served pursuant to section 16-45, the owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of any premises shall remove from the premises and the abutting portions of contiguous sidewalks, streets and alleys, all weeds, garbage, debris or other refuse which may endanger the health, safety or welfare of the persons in the vicinity of such premises. This duty extends to and includes any abutting sidewalk area and one-half (½) the width of abutting alleys, from the property line to the center line of the alley.
06/24/2022 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.

Completed Inspections

Case Status: Citation
Case Number: T22DV03379
Case Description: Front & back yard hoarding with refuse and debris.
Total Completed Inspections - 1
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
09/20/2022 COT - ENFC - Code Enforcement - Initial Passed {Activity date: 09/20/2022; Status: Approved; Inspector: GUIDO; Comment: Entered by GUIDO - 9/20/22- REFUSE, DEBRIS IN FRONT, BACK, AND SIDE YARDS. OVERGROWN VEGETATION IN SIDE AND BACKYARD AND ALLEY. .DISABLED MOTOR VEHICLES PARKED IN FRONT OF HOUSE AND IN BACKYARD 9/6/22 - REFIUSE ON SIDE OF PROPERTY AS WELL AS FRONT AND BACKYARDS. INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE IN FRONT AND IN BACKYARD OF HOUSE 8/29/22 - MOTOR VEHICLE MOVED BACK TO STREET, REFUSE DEBRIS REMAIN THROUGHOUT, OVERGROWN VEGETATION IN SIDE AND BACKYARDS. CALLED AND PHONE MESSAGE STATED "PARTY NOT AVAILABLE" 8/23/22 - INOPERABLE VEHICLE MOVED FROM FRONT OF PROPERTY TO DRIVEWAY. REFUSE DEBRIS REMAIN THROUGHOUT, OVERGROWN VEGETATION IN SIDE, BACKYARD, AND ALLEY 8/3/22 - REFUSE DEBRIS REMAIN THROUGHOUT PROPERTY, KNOCKED ON DOOR, NO ANSWER, LFET COPY OF NOV AT DOOR 7/24/22 - SIDE YARD PARTIALLY CLEARED, INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE PARKED IN FRONT OF PROPERTY, REFUSE DEBRIS REMAIN THROUGHOUT, OVERGROWN VEGETATION ON SIDE OF PROPERTY AND BACKYARD THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRASH, REFUSE, AND DEBRIS ON THE PROPERTY. THERE IS A JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE ON THE PROPERTY}

Completed Case Activity

Case Number - T22DV03379
Case Status: Citation
Case Description: Front & back yard hoarding with refuse and debris.
Description Date Status
CONTACTED BY PHONE 06/27/2022 Passed
NOTICE OF VIOLATION ISSUED 06/27/2022 Passed
CITATION ISSUED 09/27/2022 Passed
CONTACTED BY MAILING 09/27/2022 Passed
COURT HEARING INFO 09/27/2022 Passed