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Case Details

Status:

COMPLIAN

Type:

HOMELESS CAMPS
Address:

Entered Date:

06/22/2022

Applicant:

ANGELINA FARFAN ATTN: CECILIA V CRAWFORD CONSERVATOR

Description:

HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT ON THE PROPERTY, REFUSE AND DEBRIS, GRAFFITI.

Case Violations

Case Number: T22DV03572
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Description: HOMELESS CAMPS
Total Violations: 5
Violation Date Code Statue
06/22/2022 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.
06/22/2022 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.
06/22/2022 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.
06/22/2022 UDC, Sec. 10.2.3. COMPLIANCE REVIEW, EXISTING DEVELOPMENT Any land used or occupied; any site improvement, modification, or construction started; any existing use or structure expanded, reconstructed, changed, or otherwise altered; and any land divided into multiple parcels without certification of compliance with the provisions of the UDC through a zoning review process is considered a violation of the UDC. Enforcement of violations shall be in accordance with Section 10.4, Penalties and Remedies.
06/22/2022 T.C. Ch. 16, Sec. 16-30. GRAFFITI PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REMOVAL. (a) Graffiti prohibited, abatement procedures, penalty. No person who owns or is in control of any real property within the city shall maintain, permit or allow graffiti to remain on any building, fence, structure or otherwise on such property where the graffiti is visible from the street or other public or private property. (b) Notice of violation and abatement. Upon the receipt of notice requiring abatement from the graffiti abatement official, any person owning or otherwise being in control of the property shall remove or abate all graffiti within the time frame specified in such notice. The graffiti abatement official shall give notice utilizing the procedures set forth in section 16-45 of this chapter, except that the notice need not include a statement describing the right to an administrative appeal, since none exists. The graffiti abatement official may cause the removal of graffiti from private property should the property owner or person in control fail to remove graffiti after the required notice. The city or its authorized representative is expressly authorized to enter private property and abate graffiti.

Completed Inspections

Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Number: T22DV03572
Case Description: HOMELESS CAMPS
Total Completed Inspections - 2
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
06/15/2022 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT BERMUDEZ Approved ON SITE; FOUND HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT WITH MAKESHIFT DWELLING ON EMPTY FENCED LOT THAT IS LOCKED AT THE GATE. REFUSE AND DEBRIS ON AND ABUTTING THE PROPERTY. GRAFFITI ON EXTERIOR PERIMETER WALL. WILL ISSUE 30 DAY CITY CLEAN UP NOV.
08/22/2022 INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE BERMUDEZ Approved ON SITE; VIOLATIONS ABATED, CLOSE CASE.

Outstanding Case Activity Conditions

Date Name Approved
06/22/2022 T.C. Ch. 16, Sec. 16-45. NOTICE OF VIOLATION. THE ESTIMATED COST OF ABATEMENT BY THE CITY IS $7.000.00 PER T.C. Ch. 16, Sec. 16-61(D)(3) Not Approved

Completed Activity Special Conditions

Case Description - HOMELESS CAMPS
Case Number - T22DV03572
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Total Completed Case Activity Conditions: 3
Date Name
06/22/2022 CONTACTED BY MAILING
06/22/2022 NOTICE OF VIOLATION ISSUED
08/23/2022 VIOLATION CLOSED