Inspection History Details
Inspection Status: Approved
Inspection History: INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT
| Date | Description | Inspector | Results | Comments |
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| 08/14/2006 | INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT | Approved | *OPEN REAR HOUSE *INSPECT REAR HOUSE *LABEL ALL BREAKERS * BATHROOM AND CLOSETS: BRING SUB PANEL DOWN FOR ACCESS *REAR BEDROOM/BATH: NEED RO INSTALL A RECEPTACLE BEHIND THE T.V-USING CORDS EXISTING RECEPTACLE HAS OPEN GROUND, BATHROOM MISWIRED AND APPEARS REVERSE POLARITY LIGHT DOES NOT WORK *KITCHEN: REFRIGERATOR RECEPT. HAS REV. POL. OPEN GND. *BEDROOM #2 RECEPT. HAS OPEN GRND. LIVING RM: N. WALL RECEPTACLE HAS OPEN GRND- N. WALL RECEPT HAS OPEN GRND MIDDLE DIVIDE WALL HAS REV. POLARITY. * BEDROOM 1, OPEN GRND. ON EAST RECEPT. |
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| 03/27/2006 | INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT | Approved | RECEIVED A CALL FROM COMMUNICATION THAT TFD WAS ON SITE & WAS WORRIED ON WORK W/O PERMITS. GOT TO SITE & CAPTAIN TOOK ME TO BACK UNIT. FROM THE OUTSIDE I FOUND ELECTRICAL SPLICED & ADDED THROUGHOUT PROPERTY. WENT INSIDE THE REAR UNIT & FOUND SHORING IN LIVING ROOM AREA, BEDROOM AREA & SIDE WALL. THERE WAS BAD ELECTRICAL THROUGHOUT. WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND HOW UNIT WAS GETTING POWER & WHILE CHECKING MAIN DISCONNECT, I FOUND NUMEROUS WIRING ADDED & WERE LUGGED THROUGHOUT THE BOX. THE SERVICE LOOP WIRES HAD 2 KNOBS COMPLETELY LOOSE & NOT ATTACHED. I CALLED JERRY ORTA, ANOTHER INSPECTOR TO SITE DUE TO NEEDED A SECOND OPINION ON SHUTTING ELECTRIC OFF. WHILE JERRY WAS IN ROUTE, I KEPT CHECKING OTHER ISSUES. WENT BACK INTO REAR UNIT & IN THE BATHROOM I FOUND HOLES BY TOILET BEHIND TANK & SIDE OF TOILET WHICH WERE ADOBE WALLS. IN THE BEDRROM ON WALL TO LIVING ROOM THERE WAS ADOBE ALSO THAT HAD HOLES OR LACK PLASTERING COVERING THROUGHOUT. WINDOWS WERE BLOCKED & MADE NOT TO OPEN. EITHER HAD SCREWS OR WEDGED SHUT. ALL WERE COVERED WITH SHEETROCK OR PLYWOOD ON INTERIOR OF ROOM. CHECK KITCHEN WINDOW & WAS THE SAME, LIVING ROOM COULD NOT GET TO IT DUE TO BEING BLOCKED WITH ENTERTAINMENT CENTER & HAD ITEMS ON TOP OF IT. CEILING WERE ALL BELOW 7' & WERE BEING SHAPED. TPD WERE LEAVING THE SITE WHICH WERE DEALING WITH SOMETHING ELSE FROM A PREVIOUS DATE. DID ADVISE TPD THAT UNIT WAS GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN, BUT WAS WAITING FOR ANOTHER INSPECTOR. SON OF OWNER WAS ADVISED & ASKED TO START GETTING ITEMS OUT. JERRY SHOWED & WAS SHOWING ELECTRICAL ISSUES & CONCERNS OF HOW IS BACK UNIT BEING FED POWER. HAD POWER GOING UNDERGROUND IN SEVERAL PLACES & NOT SURE WHERE THEY WERE GOING. GROUNDING HAS BEEN CUT, AN EXTERIOR LIGHT ON A POLE HAD WIRING EXPOSED, HAD ROMEX EXPOSED & POWER BY STICKING INTO THE OUTLET IN SEVERAL AREAS. JERRY LOOKED AT MAIN ELECTRICAL SERVICE & SOME WIRING WERE IN WRONG PLACES WHERE BEING HOOKED UP. OWNER OF FRONT HOUSE SHOWED & ASKED TO CHECK INTO THE FRONT HOUSE MAINLY THE SUB PANEL INSIDE. SUB PANEL WAS IN CLOSET. FRONT HOUSE HAD OTHER ISSUES & ASKED TO CHECK BEDROOM WINDOWS. THE WINDOWS HAD WINDOW GUARDS & HAD BOLTS WITH NUTS TO KEEP CLOSED. OWNER GOT WRENCHES TO SHOW HOW TO GET OFF & NUTS HAD TO BE UNSCREWED COMPLETELY OFF IN ORDER TO OPEN. SMOKE DETECTORS NOT WORKING. DUE TO REAR STRUCTURE CEILING BEING SHORED, ELECTRICAL NOT SAFE, WINDOWS NOT BEING ABLE TO OPEN THE REAR UNIT WAS BEING CONDEMNED. FRONT UNIT WAS BEING SHUT DOWN FOR UNABLE TO ISOLATE THE ELECTRICAL FROM FRONT UNIT TO REAR UNIT, SERVICE WIRE WAS LOOSE, ELECTRICAL MAIN SERVICE WAS NOT SAFE & NEEDED TO BE DISCONNECTED. WHILE JERRY WAS CONTINUING TO CHECK, I CALLED RICK SALDATE, SUPERVISOR, ON PLACEMENT DUE TO OTHER PERSON WAS NO LONGER THERE. HE DID NOT HAVE THE NUMBER TO CALL & ASKED TO CALL WILLIAM NAVARRO DUE TO HE HAD TO DEAL WITH PLACEMENT LATELY. HE DID NOT HAVE A NUMBER TO CALL WITH HIM. HE HAD IT IN THE OFFICE & WAS NOT THERE. I CALLED RICK BACK DUE TO NO NUMBER & DAUGHTER SHOWED & SHE WAS GOING TO TAKE MOTHER WITH HER. JERRY HAD MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH T.E.P. TO HAVE POWER CUT & WAS GOING TO WAIT FOR WIRES TO BE CUT. MET WITH SON & MOTHER TO GET ITEMS NEEDED & ADVISED THAT THEY COULD COME BACK DURING THE DAY TO GET WHAT THEY NEEDED & NOT TO STAY OR LOUNGE. CALLED RICK TO LET KNOW I WAS LEAVING SITE & JERRY WAS GOING TO STAY & COMPLETE THE CASE. |
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| 03/27/2006 | INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT | Approved | FIRE CALL OUT, ALARM # 06-17448 5:00PM; WENT TO SITE TO ASSIST INSPECTOR VIDAL, ESPECIALLY AT THE ELECTRICAL SERVICE & WIRING. I NOTED THAT THE MAIN HOUSE SERVICE AREA WAS IN A STATE OF DISREPAIR WITH OPEN BOXES, EXPOSED WIRES, MULTIPLE CONDUCTORS INSERTED INTO LUGS, OVERFUSING, LIVE WIRES EXPOSED AT ELEVATION WITHIN 12" ABOVE GRADE TO 60"+ ABOVE GRADE. AT THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE ISSUE OF THE UNOPENABLE WROUGHT IRON BARS, AND AGAIN THE ELECTRICAL SITUATION WAS DANGEROUS WITH OPEN WIRING AND REVERSE POLARITY. THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PANELBOARD FOR THE HOUSE CIRCUITS WERE FOUND TO BE IN THE CLOTHES CLOSET, UP THROUGH THE ACCESS PANEL & IN THE ATTIC. ON THE EXTERIOR THERE ARE NUMEROUS STRUCTURES i.e. WATER HEATER ROOM(S), STORAGE ROOMS, SHEDS & LEAN- TO'S WITH EXTENSIVE MODIFICATIONS AT THE STRUCTURAL INTERIORS, PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. THERE ARE AUTOMOBILE JACKS WITH BOARDS TO HOLD UP THE CEILINGS. THE TENANT WAS ORDERED BY R. VIDAL TO VACATE DUE TO THE ABOVE CONDITIONS. A BOARD UP CONTRACTOR WILL BE CONTACTED TOMORROW TO BOARD UP THE ATTACHED & DETACHED UNITS TO THE MAIN HOUSE. THE MAIN HOUSE IS SECURABLE BY OWNER. THE ORDER ALSO STATES THAT NO ONE IS TO LIVE AT HOUSE, BUT OK TO ENTER HOUSE AT DAY TIME. PERMITS WILL BE REQUIRED. C-5, R. VIDAL, WILL CALL BOARD UP CONTRACTOR 3/28/06. C-5 REQUESTED TO CALL OWNER W/ETA OF BOARD-UP PEOPLE. |