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Case: T99VL02274

Case Details

Status:

CLOSED

Type:

RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Address:

Entered Date:

08/26/1999

Applicant:

MARTIN JAMES R & CAROLE A JT/RS

Description:

COMPLAINT:ROOF LEAKING, NO COOLING, OTHER MIN HSNG

Outstanding Inspections

Case Number: T99VL02274
Case Status: CLOSED
Case Description: RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Total Outstanding Inspections - 1
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
09/03/1999 INITIAL CODE VIOLATION LHANLY Violation HOUSE & TRAILER POSTED

Completed Inspections

Case Status: CLOSED
Case Number: T99VL02274
Case Description: RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Total Completed Inspections - 2
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
10/05/1999 FOLLOW UP CODE VIOLATION MPADILLA Approved VIOLATION
10/05/1999 FOLLOW UP CODE VIOLATION MPADILLA Approved ADDTL COMMS - DEL. APPEAL FORM.

Completed Activity Special Conditions

Case Description - RES: MINIMUM HOUSING
Case Number - T99VL02274
Case Status: CLOSED
Total Completed Case Activity Conditions: 9
Date Name
08/26/1999 08/26/99 SITE VISIT/INSPECTION MADE. THE LADY (ALBERTA MINAEKE) WHO LIVES IN THE SMALL TRAILER MAY OR MAY NOT BE A WARD OF THE PROPERTY OWNER (JAMES MARTIN). ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND THEY ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH ANY ISSUES BETWEEN OWNER & MRS. MINAEKE. THE SMALL TRAILER MRS. MINAEKE OCCUPIES IS NOT SUITABLE FOR RENTAL PROPERTY AND DOES NOT MEET UNIFORM HOUSING REQUIREMENTS. THE SMALL HOUSE IN FRONT HAS ALREADY BEEN POSTED UNSAFE TO OCCUPY AND IT IS UNLIKELY THAT ANYTHING SHORT OF DEMOLITION AND A COMPLETE REBUILD WILL MAKE IT HABITABLE.
09/02/1999 08/31/99 CONTACTED BY PHONE: MR. MARTIN CALLED AND ASKED FOR AN INSPECTION REPORT BECAUSE HE WANTS TO TAKE A CONTRATOR INTO THE FRONT HOUSE AND GET BIDS ON MAKING REPAIRS. I (LEERAY HANLY) WENT OVER THE CONDITIONS OF THE FRONT HOUSE WITH HIM AND TOLD HIM I COULD GET HIM A COPY OF MY INITIAL INSPECTION NOTES BUT THAT IT COULD BE A COUPLE OF DAYS FOR THE COMPLETE TYPED REPORT. I ALSO TOLD HIM THAT IN MY OPINION THERE WAS NO COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO REHABILITATE THE STRUCTURE AND THAT HE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER DEMOLITION. HE HAS INDICATED THAT HE WILL APPEAL MY DECISION TO POST THE BUILDING UNSAFE. HE CLAIMS THAT THIS HAS BEEN A HOUSE SINCE THE LATE 1940S AND THAT IT SHOULDNT BE SUBJECT TO MODERN HOUSING CODES. HE HAS ALSO INDICATED THAT HE SPOKE TO CECI CRUZ ABOUT THIS HOUSE IN JULY OF 99 AND THAT SHE TOLD HIM IT WOULD BE "GRANDFATHERED" AND NOT SUBJECT TO MODERN CODE. 09/01/99 CECI CRUZ CONTACTED ME BY PAGER (I WAS DOING FIELD INSPECTIONS) SAYING THAT MRS. MARTIN WAS LOOKING FORHE INSPECTION REPORT AND THAT I HAD PROMISED TO HAVE THEM READY THIS MORNING. I TOLD CECI THAT I HAD ALREADY GONE OVER THE COMPLETE INSPECTION WITH MR. MARTIN AND THAT I HAD TOLD HIM IT MIGHT TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS FOR THE FINISHED TYPED REPORT. MS. CRUZ ALSO INDICATES THAT SHE NEVER TELLS ANYONE THAT BUILDINGS ARE "GRANDFATHERED", SHE TELLS THEM THAT AS LONG AS
09/02/1999 THE BUILDINGS ARE SAFE THEN WE DO NOT MAKE THEM BRING CONDITIONS UP TO THE MOST RECENT CODE. MS. CRUZ ALSO INDICATES THAT IT WAS AUGUST 18 THAT MR. MARTIN SPOKE TO HER AND THAT HE SAID THE UNIT WAS NOT RENTED OUT (UNTRUE) AND THAT THE STRUCTURE WAS ENTIRELY ADOBE (UNTRUE) AND THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO CHANGES TO THE ORIGINAL WIRING OR STRUCTURE (ALSO UNTRUE). 09/02/99 CONTACTED TIM WALSH OF ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES @ 881-4066. HE INDICATED THAT THE LIVING CONDITIONS FOR MRS. MINAEKE WERE DEEMED VERY UNSUITABLE AND THAT SHE HAS BEEN PLACED IN A NURSING HOME. HER TRAILER HAS BEEN LEFT AT THE SITE. MR. MARTIN HAS SAID IT WAS HER TRAILER AND THAT HE ONLY RENTED THE SPACE TO HER, BUT HE INDICATED IN HIS VISIT TODAY THAT HE INTENDED TO HAVE HIS SON MOVE INTO IT. I TOLD HIM THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE THE TOILET FROM THE BEDROOM OR CONVERT THE BEDROOM INTO A BATHROOM BEFORE THE TRAILER COULD BE USED AS A GUEST ROOM. I ALSO INFORMED HIM THAT HE COULD NOT RENT TRAILER OUT AS A DWELLING. 01/11/00 CONTACTED MR. MARTIN TO DISCUSS WHY TERMS OF HNO & APPEAL HAD NOT BEEN MET. HE INDICATED THAT HE AND MPADILLA HAD AN AGREEMENT. MR.MARTIN WAS INFORMED THAT THERE ARE NO NOTES INDICATING THAT MANNY EVER CLEARED THIS CASE AND THAT FINAL INSPECTIONS NEEDED TO BE DONE. IT WAS THEN AGREED THAT DQUINN
09/02/1999 WOULD DO FINAL INSPECTION ON 2/11/00.
09/02/1999 09/02/99 CONTACTED IN PERSON: MR. & MRS. MARTIN CAME BY DSC AND WERE GIVEN A COPY OF INITIAL COMPLAINT FORM WITH MY INSPECTION NOTES. I INFORMED THAT THE COMPLETE TYPED NOTICE AND ORDER WOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF BUSINESS TODAY AND THAT I WOULD POST IT AT THE SITE TOMORROW. I ONCE AGAIN WENT OVER WHY THE BUILDING HAS BEEN POSTED UNSAFE AND THAT THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING WILL NEED EXTENSIVE WORK TO BECOME HABITABLE. THEY INDICATED THAT THEY WANTED TO MOVE INTO IT WHILE REPAIRS WERE MADE AND I TOLD THEM THAT NOBODY COULD LIVE IN THAT HOUSE UNTIL IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. MRS. MARTIN SEEMS PARTICULARLY UPSET THAT I WROTE DOWN THAT THE BUILDING USED TO BE A CHICKEN COOP. I INFORMED HER THAT WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS A CHICKEN COOP IN THE PAST WOULD NOT AFFECT ANY DECISION ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE BUILDING. THEY ONCE AGAIN HAVE SAID THEY INTEND TO HAVE CONTRACTORS LOOK AT THE HOUSE TO TRY AND MAKE REPAIRS. I INFORMED THEM OF THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE CEILINGS 76" OR HIGHER (THEIR ROOF IS ONLY 68" AT THE HIGH POINT) AND THAT I DO NOT SEE HOW THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE UNIFORM HOUSING CODE. THEY HAVE ALSO INDICATED THAT THEY DO NOT OWN THE SMALL TRAILER AND THAT THEY WER ONLY RENTING SPACE TO THE ELDERLY WOMAN. THEY INDICATE IT WILL BE REMOVED. 09/03/99 MET OWNER MR. MARTIN AT SITE AND DELIVERED COPIES OF THE HNOS FOR HOUSE AND TRAILER. MR. MARTIN HAD SAID HE
09/02/1999 DID NOT OWN THE TRAILER YESTERDAY, BUT TODAY HE SAID HE WANTS TO CONVERT IT INTO AN EFFICIENCY UNIT. I TOLD HIM THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE IF HE INSTALLED A FULL BATH. HE WAS ALSO INFORMED OF HIS RIGHT TO APPEAL, AND HIS RIGHT TO TRY AND GET A WAIVER FOR THE LOW CEILING HEIGHT OF THE HOUSE. MR. MARTIN STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THAT I HAD NO RIGHT TO PERFORM THE INITIAL INSPECTION (TENANTS REQUESTED INSPECTION AND ALLOWED ME ENTRY) AND THAT HE FELT I & THE CITY COULD BE LIABLE FOR HIS LOSS OF INCOME. I GAVE HIM THE NAME AND PHONE # FOR FRANK KERN SO THAT HE COULD DISCUSS IT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY.
09/03/1999 09/02/99 NOTICE AND ORDER ISSUED TO OWNER VIA CERTIFIED MAIL. 09/03/99 HNO POSTED ON HOUSE AND SMALL TRAILER IN REAR. COPIES ALSO HAND DELIVERED TO OWNER OF HOUSE. 09/21/99 NOTICE AND ORDER RETURNED SIGNED BY OWNER FOLLOW UP SCHUELED FOR 09/22/99. ATTACHED GREEN CARD TO PACKET.
10/05/1999 09/29/99 SITE VISIT/INSPECTION MADE. SEE INSPECTION RESULTS AND NOTATIONS FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION. DEL. APPEAL TO THE BUILDING OFFICAL FORM. LEGAL OWNERS SUBMITTED APPEAL TO D. MANN ON 10/04/99. WAITING OF APPROVAL.
08/30/2000 07/15/00 VIOLATION CLOSED.