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Case: T05DV00310

Parcel: 123020140


Addresses:

2218 N MARGARET AV

Inspection Status: Approved

Inspection History: INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT

Date Description Inspector Results Comments
08/08/2006 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT Approved VISITED SITE, KNOCKED ON DOOR, SPOKE WITH TENENT, REMEMBERED ME FROM OVER A YEAR AGO. EXPLAINED THAT I NEEDED TO CONDUCT A FOLLOW UP INSPECTION. TENENT METIONED THAT OWNER DID COME OVER AND MAKE NECESSARY REAPIRS AFTER ALMOST 8 MONTHS. WAS NO LONGER NEEDING HELP FROM THE CITY. WAS NOT HAVING ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS. DID NOT WANT TO ALLOW INSPECTION BECAUSE OF NO CONTACT MADE. ASKED IF I COULD SETUP A TIME AND DAY FOR A REINSPECTION, TENENT AGAIN DENIED INSPECTION. THIS IS ALSO 3RD ATTEMPT ON A F/U INSPECTION. TRIED MAKING CONTACT WITH OWNER TO VERIFY REPAIRS WERE DONE, RECEIVED NO ANSWER. WILL TRY TO F/U CALL TO OWNER. PICTURES WERE TAKEN.
04/15/2005 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT Approved 4/15/2005 WHILE ON SITE FOR UNIT 6 INSPECTION, I VISITED ALL UNITS TO FIND OUT IF ANY OTHER RESIDENT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH UNIT. ONLY UNIT 4 ANSWERED THEIR DOOR AND ADMITTED THAT THEY HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS. TENANT TAMMY BALDWIN HAD ANSWERED THE DOOR TO UNIT #4, SAID THEY HAD LIVED THERE FOR APPROX 3 YRS. AND THAT THEY HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS SHE FELT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED. I EXPLAINED TO HER WHO I WAS AND THAT I WOULD BE MAKING A COMPLETE INSPECTION OF THE UNIT, TAMMY SAID NO PROBLEM, AND ASKED TO FIRST SHOW ME SOME OF HER BIGGER CONCERNS. WE WALKED THE UNIT INSIDE AND OUT, MY FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
FIRE SAFETY:
>UNIT LACKS A WORKING SMOKE DETECTOR.
ELECTRICAL:
>LIGHT FIXTURE AT BACK DOOR IS NOT PROPERLY MOUNTED EXPOSING ELECTRICAL WIRES.
>CIRCUITS HAVE BEEN ADDED FOR DRYER (WORK W/O PERMITS)
>LIGHT IN HOTWATER HEATER ROOM IS NOT PROPERLY MOUNTED, HAS EXPOSED ROMEX RUNNING THROUGH BIRDBOARDS INTO THE HOUSE.
>ADDED ELECTRICAL TO EXTERIOR OF UNIT IS RUNNING POWER TO STORAGE SHED VIA ELECTRICAL POWER CORD.
>RECEPTICAL NEXT TO KITCHEN SINK NOT GFCI PROTECTED, SHOWS OPEN GROUND.
>BATHROOM RECEP SHOWS OPEN GROUND, NOT GFCI PROTECTED.
>OUTLET ON WEST WALL OF NORTHEAST BDRM SHOWS OPEN GROUND.
PLUMBING:
> WATER LINES HAVE BEEN ADDED FOR WASHER OUTSIDE.
>TUB NEEDS TO BE SEALED AT BASE OF TILE/TOP OF TUB.
INTERIOR FEATURES:
>FRONT DOOR LACKS DOOR TRIM.
>HOTWATER HEATER ROOM LACKS DOOR.
>EXTERIOR OF HOUSE LACKS BIRDBOARDS BETWEEN THE RAFTERS.
>RAIN LEAKS IN THRU THE STOVE FAN EVIDENCED BY WATER SPOTS AROUND THE FAN.
>THERE IS A HOLE IN THE DRYWALL UNDERNEATH THE COUNTER TOPS
>HALLWAY WALL SHOWS SIGNS OF A LEAK, EVIDENCED BY SOFT DRYWALL AND WATER SPOTS.
>CEILING PATCH IN BATHROOM NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED,RETEXTURED AND REPAINTED.
>N/E BDRM LACKS DOOR KNOB.
EXTERIOR SURFACES:
>BACK DOOR LACKS WEATHER STRIPPING
>FRONT AND BACKDOOR LACK PAINT TO THE DOOR, JAMBS AND TRIM
>HOTWATER HEATER ROOM LACKS TRIM AT THE CORNERS, BLOCKING TO THE RAFTERS, AND PAINT.

EXPLAINED TO OWNER HOW NOV WORKED, THAT IT WOULD BE ISSUED TO THE OWNER. NOV TO FOLLOW.