Inspection History Details
Inspection Status: Approved
Inspection History: INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT
| Date | Description | Inspector | Results | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/24/2016 | INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT | Approved | INSPECTION RESULTS: ALL WINDOWS HAVE WROUGHT IRON WINDOW GRATES WHICH ARE CHAINED AND HAVE PAD LOCK. THE DWELLING'S CONSTRUCTION IS SLUMP BLOCK, A PORTION THE LIVING ROOM EXTERIOR WALL WAS CUT TO MOUNT A WINDOW MOUNT HEAT PUMP UNIT. THE OPENING IS ESTIMATE AT 2 FEET BY 2 FEET. NO LINTEL WAS INSTALLED ABOVE THE CUT OUT OPENING. THE WINDOW MOUNT HEAT PUMP IS POWER BY A 30 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER AT THE DISCONNECT AND 30 AMP RECEPTACLE INSTALLED IN THE INTERIOR OF THE LIVING ROOM WALL. THE UNIT HAS AN APPLIANCE TYPE OF CORD THAT IS HARD WIRED TO THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. THE CORD IS STAPLED TO THE EAVE AREA AND TRAVELS OVER 40 FEET AND DOES PENETRATE THE DWELLING THOUGH A HOLE THAT WAS MADE IN THE EXTERIOR BLOCK WALL. THERE IS A 30 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER WHICH FEEDS A RECEPTACLE TO THE DRYER IN THE UNPERMITTED ADDITION WHICH SERVES AS A LAUNDRY ROOM. THE LAUNDRY IS ENERGIZED WITH A LIGHT AND A RECEPTACLE. THE 5 FOOT BY 8 FOOT ATTACHED LAUNDRY ROOM IS NOT BUILT TO CODE. THIS ADDITION WAS BUILT UNDER THE PORCH AREA. BUILDING CODE VIOLATIONS: NO DOUBLE TOP PLATE NO TREATED SOLE PLATE FRAME MEMBERS ARE NOT STANDARD. THE DWELLING HAS A GAS FIRED FURNACE WHICH IS INOPERABLE. THE TENANTS ARE USING A SPACE HEATER AS A PERMANENT HEATING SOURCE. THE FURNACE ROOM HAS A 6 INCH BY 12 INCH CEILING OPENING NOT SEALED. THE KITCHEN STOVE RECEPTACLE IS LOOSE NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED AND IS SUBJECT TO PHYSICAL DAMAGE THE KITCHEN EXHAUST FAN IS INOPERABLE AND IS MISSING PROPER COVER. KITCHEN SLIDER DOOR HAS A MISSING HANDLE AND LOCKING MECHANISM. THE DWELLING UNIT HAS DUPLEX RECEPTACLES THAT ARE LOOSE AND DAMAGED COVER PLATES. BATHROOM HAS A MISSING EXHAUST FAN COVER BATHROOM IS MISSING DIVERTER HANDLE THE FRONT EXTERIOR DOORS LACK WEATHER STRIPPING SPARE BEDROOM HAS RECEPTACLE THAT IS UNSERVICEABLE. GAS FIRED WATER HEATER HAS A MISSING DOOR ON THE ENCLOSURE AND IS MISSING THE DISCHARGE PIPE ON THE UNIT. THERE IS A WOOD DECKING SYSTEM IN THE BACKYARD'S GROUND. THIS WOOD DECKING HAS SEVERE TERMITE DAMAGE AND WOOD ROT. THE HOME HAS NO SMOKE DETECTORS CITY OF TUCSON INSPECTOR DID GIVE ONE BATTERY OPERATED SMOKE DETECTOR TO THE TENANT ONSITE |