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Inspection History Details
Inspection Status: Completed
Inspection History: COT - ENFC - Code Enforcement - Follow Up
Case Number - CE-VIO0223-01792
Inspection Description - COT - ENFC - Code Enforcement - Follow Up
Inspection Status - Completed
| Date | Description | Inspector | Results | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/15/2023 | COT - ENFC - Code Enforcement - Follow Up | Completed | I was on the property after receiving a call from the owner to meet him there because he wanted me to be present when he attempted to make contact with the tenant to fix the problems in the unit and to show me that he had already started the eviction process due to non payment for the last two months. I knocked and left my business card on the door. The owner left after we were unable to make contact. While I was still on the premises, a female drove up to me and said she was Rachal. I asked her if I could inspect her place and that the owner could be called to be there in less than five minutes. The female heard me say that then abruptly drove away. She later walked up to me and told me her name was not Rachael but Deana and she was in contact with Rachael and that Rachael was on her way. The female Deana was acting very erratically and did not seem stable to me so I contacted my supervisor and another inspector to assist me. A few minutes later, a silver Dodge charger came speeding into the parking lot and a female jumped out and identified herself as Rachael. I told her I was there to inspect her place and was in contact with the owner who wanted to come fix her unit. She did not have the key and had to wait on her boyfriend to open the door. While waiting I called to owner to inform him that I made contact with Rachel. | |
| 02/15/2023 | COT - ENFC - Code Enforcement - Follow Up | Completed | After waiting for about 15 minutes the boyfriend came with the key and a minute later the owner came back to the property. The tenant was yelling at me and mad because I called the owner to return to the property. Rachael was being very combative and resistant to my attempts to have her schedule a time and date for the owner to come fix her unit, she actually refused to make any concessions to the owner and only insisted that I come inspect her unit. I was finally allowed in the unit and while there, I observed very unsanitary conditions. There was dog waste, fresh and old, spread throughout the unit on the floor. There were holes in several walls and a big hole in the ceiling where it appeared to be water leakage. While in the unit I noticed she had no electricity and Rachael told me she was in contact with TEP to get it back on. I asked her to provide me proof that she was getting her electricity turned back on. I contacted TEP and I was informed that the power to the unit was cut due to non payment since 1/5/23. I informed Racheal that I would have to condemn her unit because it was unsafe to occupy and she immediately began to cry and apologize for "causing so much trouble". I told her that she was only allowed to enter the unit during the daytime hours to work only to remove her items and if she or anyone is caught inside the unit that they could be subject to arrest by TPD and 2/17/23 was her final day to retrieve her items from the unit. Her and her boyfriend acknowledged in front of myself and the owner that they were behind on the rent two months. Rachael told me that she withheld her payments purposefully in an attempt to force her landlords hand in some way to fix other items in her unit. I told her that she must not withhold rent payments and I was not able to stop a lawful eviction. |