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THAT'S IT.[ AGENDA PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REVIEW BOARD City Hall - Council Chambers 6131 Taylorsville Road August 10, 2023 6:30 P.M.]
ALL RIGHT.I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING OF THE CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REVIEW BOARD TO ORDER PLEASE AND SECRETARY, WE TAKE THE ROLE.
MS. BALLARD? MS. KROMER? HERE.
MS. FOWLER DID CALL TO SAY SHE COULDN'T BE HERE THIS EVENING, SO HER ABSENCE IS EXCUSED.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, SO TONIGHT'S AGENDA HAS BEEN APPROVED.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF THE CODE OF CITY HUBER HEIGHTS, ANYONE WHO MAY WISH TO SPEAK OR GIVE TESTIMONY REGARDING THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING, UM, I NEED TO SWEAR YOU IN, UM, ANYONE THAT'S GONNA WISH TO SPEAK.
ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? YES, SIR.
COULD I HAVE YOU STAND PLEASE? YES.
DO YOU SWEAR OR DO YOU HEREBY SWEAR OR AFFIRM ON A THREAT OF PERJURY TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? I DO.
I'M, I'M GONNA ASK YOU ONE MORE TIME TO COME UP.
IF YOU WOULD, STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND, UH, SAY YOUR NAME AND SPELL YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
LAST NAME DOZIER, D AS IN DELTA, O AS IN OSCAR, Z AS IN ZEBRA.
I AS IN INDIGO, E AS IN ECHO, R AS IN RADAR DOZER.
APPRECIATE IT TO SPEAK TO SIGN IN.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG WITH OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING.
I SEE THERE'S NO PENDING BUSINESS AND WE'LL START WITH NEW BUSINESS AND WE'LL START WITH UH, P M R B CASE 23 DASH 17.
UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER, AMY SNA SNAVELY, IS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1313 0.04 H SIX OF THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 70 63 BECK DRIVE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE ALL YOUR SMILING FACES.
SO MY OVERVIEW ON THIS PROPERTY IS AS FOLLOWS, THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AT 7 0 6 3 CLAY BECK DRIVE IS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1313 0.04 H SIX REGARDING JUNK REMOVAL.
SECTION 13 13 0 4 6 IN PART SAYS SECTION B.
ALL PERMISSIBLE ITEMS STORED OUTSIDE MUST BE IN GOOD CONDITION AND USABLE AS INTENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER.
NO SUCH ITEMS THAT ARE BROKEN, DILAPIDATED, OR DISCARDED SHALL BE STORED OUTSIDE.
PARAGRAPH D NO ITEMS MAY BE STORED IN A FRONT YARD.
THE ITEMS ON SITE CERTAINLY APPEAR TO BE DISCARDED AND SCATTERED AS IF NOT TO BE USED FOR ANY REASON.
THE CONDITION OF THIS PROPERTY IS A BLIGHT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD INSPECTION, VERIFIES THE PROPERTY DOES NOT MEET THE STANDARD SET FORTH IN THE CODE, THEREFORE, THE PROPERTY'S IN VIOLATION.
YOUR ATTACHED CASE REVIEW ILLUSTRATES THE VIOLATION PROCESS AND NON-COMPLIANCE OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU ALSO HAVE A LIST OF THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS THE CITY'S RESPONDED TO IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
CITY'S ZONING LETTERS MAILED TO THE OWNER OF RECORD HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED AND THERE HAS BEEN NO COMMUNICATION FROM THE OWNER TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE.
THE TAX RECORD SHOWS PROPERTY TAXES ARE TYPICALLY PAID ANY WORK AS BOARD ORDERS WILL BE A VOICED TO THE PROPERTY IN THE OWNER'S NAME.
A STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THE BOARD TO DECLARE THE PROPERTY A NUISANCE AND THE BOARD ORDERS STAFF TO HAVE THE CITY CONTRACTOR ABATE THE PROPERTY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
IT APPEARS THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME ITEMS, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S A GAS GRILL ON THE FRONT PORCH.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE, MA'AM.
DO THEY JUST THROW IT AWAY WHENEVER THEY COME AND CLAMP THE PROPERTY? NO.
SO ANYTHING THAT IS UH, USABLE OUTSIDE AND REASONABLE IS NOT TOUCHED.
A GAS GRILL UNDER A FRONT PORCH AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE.
ASSUMING IT'S NOT RUSTED OUT, OBVIOUSLY JUST THEY'RE A SCRAP.
SO NO, THOSE ITEMS, WE'RE VERY CAREFUL IN WHAT WE REMOVE FROM A PROPERTY IN THIS SITUATION.
DO YOU EVER REMOVE THINGS THAT PEOPLE COME BACK AND ARE UPSET THAT THEY WERE TAKEN AWAY? 'CAUSE THEY WERE YEAH, I'VE HAD 'EM CHASE A CONTRACTOR ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE NORTH PLANT WHEN IT USED TO BE OVER ON IN VANDALIA AND STAND ON THE SCALES WITH HIS HANDS UP SAYING, YOU'RE NOT TAKING MY STUFF.
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AND THEY CALLED US AND THEY SAID, YOU'RE NOT BRINGING IT BACK TO HUBER HEIGHTS.AND HE GOT OFF THE SCALE AND THEY, BUT YES, IT HAPPENS OCCASIONALLY, BUT THOSE ARE RARE.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HAVE A MOTION PLEASE.
I MOVE THAT WE DECLARE THE PROPERTY A NUISANCE AND HAVE IT ABATED.
MOTION CARRIES FOR P M R B CASE 23 DASH 17.
UH, NEXT CASE IS P M R B CASE 23 DASH 18.
THE PROPERTY OWNER FRED MEYER, IS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 13 13 4 H FOUR OF THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 57 73 BOTKINS ROAD.
THE LONG VACANT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AT 5 7 7 3 BOTKINS IS IN VIOLATION DUE TO EXTREME OVERGROWTH OF LANDSCAPING.
THE ATTACHED PHOTO ILLUSTRATES THE EXTENT OF THE OVERGROWTH SECTION 13 13 0 4 H FOUR STATES.
ALL LAND SHALL BE PROPERLY MAINTAINED WITH LAWNS, HEDGES, BUSHES, TREES, AND OTHER BY VEGETATION TO BE TRIMMED AND KEPT FROM BECOMING OVERGROWN AND UNSIGHTLY WHO ARE EXPOSED TO PUBLIC VIEW OR SUCH VEGETATION MAY CONSTITUTE A BLIND INFLUENCE ON ADJOINING PROPERTY INSPECTION.
VERIFIES THE PROPERTY DOES NOT MEET THE STANDARD SET FORTH IN THE CODE.
THEREFORE, THE PROPERTIES IN VIOLATIONS, BUSH'S AND LANDSCAPING NEED TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY TRIMMED.
SAFEGUARD PROPERTY MANAGEMENT HAS NOT DONE THE NEED TO TRIMMING EVEN THOUGH THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM.
AND AS A SIDEBAR SAFEGUARD PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IS A COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE, UH, PRIOR TO THE FORECLOSURE CRISIS.
THEY MANAGE PROPERTIES ON BEHALF OF LENDERS.
OUR EXPERIENCE IS THAT THEY DO VERY LITTLE OF ANY MAINTENANCE.
SO THAT'S HOW SAFEGUARD PROPERTIES IS INVOLVED.
I KNOW THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY'VE CALLED US A COUPLE OF TIMES SAYING THERE'S A CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY THAT PROPERTY IS OCCUPIED.
AT WHICH TIME WE'VE TOLD THEM NO, IT'S NOT, IT HASN'T BEEN MR. THE OCCUPANTS, UH, AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED HAS LEFT THE AREA ALTOGETHER.
UM, YOU ATTACH CASE REVIEW ILLUSTRATES THE VIOLATION PROCESS AND NON-COMPLIANCE OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU ALSO HAVE A LIST OF VIOLATIONS THE CITY HAS RESPONDED TO IN THE RECENT PAST.
THE CITY CONTRACTOR MOWS THE GRASS OF THIS PROPERTY SEVERAL TIMES ANNUALLY.
CITY ZONING LETTERS MAILED TO THE OWNER OF RECORD HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED.
THERE HAS BEEN NO COMMUNICATION FROM THE OWNER TO THE, TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE.
THE TAX RECORD SHOWS PROPERTY TAXES ARE TAXES ARE TYPICALLY PAID ANY WORK THIS BOARD ORDERS WILL INVOICE TO THE PROPERTY IN THE OWNER'S NAME.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THE BOARD DECLARE THE PROPERTY A NUISANCE.
THE BOARD ORDERS STAFF TO HAVE THE CITY CONTRACT TO ABATE THE PROPERTY.
ANYONE HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? I MAY WE DECLARE THE PROPERTY A NUISANCE AND HAVE STAFF ABATE THE PROPERTY.
MOTION CARRIES FOR P M R B CASE 23 DASH 18.
NEXT CASE IS P M R B CASE 23 DASH 19.
THE PROPERTY OWNER LA DONICA DOZIER IS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1313 0.04 H ONE OF THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 46 33 HIAL PARK.
UH, THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AT 4 6 3 3 HIAL PARK IS IN VIOLATION OF THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE REGARDING THE DAMAGED CONDITION OF THE OVERHEAD GARAGE DOOR.
SECTION 13 13 0 4 H ONE STATES.
THE OWNER SHALL KEEP THE EXTERIOR OF ALL PREMISES AND EVERY STRUCTURE THERE ON INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO WALLS, ROOFS, CORNES, CHIMNEYS, DRAINS, TOWERS, PORCHES, LANDINGS, FIRE ESCAPE, STAIRS, WINDOWS, DOORS, AWNINGS, AND MARQUEES.
ALSO, H TWO STATES ALL EXTERIOR DOORS AND WINDOWS INCLUDING STORM DOORS AND SCREENS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN GOOD CONDITION.
INSPECTION VERIFIES THE PROPERTY DOES NOT MEET THE STANDARD SET FORTH IN THE CODE, THEREFORE THE PROPERTY'S IN VIOLATION IF ORDERED TO ABATE THE DEC CITY CONTRACTOR
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WOULD BE INSTRUCTED TO COVER THE OVERHEAD DOOR OPENING WITH T ONE 11 PRIMER SIDING TO SECURE THE GARAGE FROM BERMAN.ATTACHED CASE REVIEW ILLUSTRATES THE VIOLATION PROCESS AND NON-COMPLIANCE OF THE PROPERTY CITY ZONING LETTERS.
MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MR. DOZIER TODAY AND RECOMMEND AND HE IS, UH, AGREED TO TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HIM.
THE SAC RECORD SHOWS THAT PROPERTY TAXES ARE TYPICALLY PAID AND HE WORKED AS BOARD ORDERS WILL BE INVOICE TO THE PROPERTY IN THE OWNER'S NAME.
UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THE BOARD DECLARE THE PROPERTY A NUISANCE.
THE BOARD ORDERS STAFF TO HAVE THE CITY CONTRACTOR ABATE THE PROPERTY.
MR. DO FIRST DID YOU ASK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY, MR. DOZIER, GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE GARAGE DOOR IS DAMAGED.
UM, A GARAGE DOOR WAS ORDERED, UH, TWO MONTHS AGO.
I DIDN'T WANT THE SAME TYPE OF GARAGE DOOR I ORDERED FROM LOWE'S.
UM, DUE TO COVID, EVERYTHING IS ON BACK ORDER.
SO I ORDERED A BLACK, UH, INSULATED DOOR TO KIND OF MATCH UH, EVERYTHING ON THE OUTSIDE.
UM, TO THIS DAY, THAT DOOR IS STILL ON BACK ORDER.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, AND I'M GONNA ASK THE BOARD IF THAT'S OKAY.
I'M, I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S OKAY BECAUSE IT'S A NUISANCE LOOKING LIKE THAT.
I'M JUST GONNA GO TO MENARDS BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE IN STOCK, UM, AND JUST BUY A NON INSULATED DOOR.
UM, AND I CAN HAVE THAT INSTALLED WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
UH, THEY'RE NOT GIVING YOU ANY KIND OF DATE ON THE BACK ORDER.
THEY'RE NOT GIVING ME ANY KIND OF DATE ON THE BACK ORDER.
EVERY TIME I CALL, IT'S ON BACK ORDER.
I, I I TOLD 'EM I NEED A DATE.
UM, WHEN I GOT THE FIRST LETTER, I TOLD 'EM I NEED A DATE.
SO IN ORDER FOR ME NOT TO COME IN HERE AND TAKE UP YOU GUYS TIME, I'M GONNA GO TO MENARDS AND GET A DOOR.
UM, AND MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THAT ABOUT LOWE'S AND BACK ORDER ON OVERHEAD DOORS.
SO NOW AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT DOOR IS PAPER THIN, BUT THAT'S THE DOORS THEY PUT ON THEM WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY BUILD 'EM.
I MEAN THAT DOOR'S PROBABLY THAT THICK, MAYBE, MAYBE TWO, UH, COAT CANS THICK MAYBE.
BUT, UH, SO I'M ASKING THE COURT FOR TWO WEEKS.
UM, I CAN, ONCE IT'S PURCHASED, UM, I GOT A GUY ON STANDBY WHO CAN ACTUALLY INSTALL IT AND I CAN UH, CONTACT, UH, MR. DON AND UH, WITH PICTURES AND EVERYTHING.
SO TWO WEEKS TOPS I CAN HAVE IT DONE.
ANY QUESTIONS, ANYONE? JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DOOR SO I CAN TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED? SO INITIALLY
SO HE KEPT GOING AND I WAS ACTUALLY OUT OF TOWN IN ARIZONA AND HE SENT ME A PICTURE AND IT JUST SAID, DAD, I'M SORRY.
SO, SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TOP OF THE GARAGE.
THEN HIM AND MOM TRIED TO FIX IT AND THEY SCREWED UP THE, THE, UH, I THINK IT'S CALLED CONTORTION, UH, SPRINGS OR WHATEVER.
SO IT'S, IT'S, THAT LOOKS BAD, BUT IN THE INSIDE IT LOOKS EVEN WORSE.
SO, SO HE'S BACK IN SCHOOL NOW, SO HOPEFULLY I WON'T HAVE TO SEE HIM FOR A WHILE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYONE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION 'CAUSE I CAN ACTUALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE DID THE SAME THING.
UM, I MAKE A MOTION IF IT'S, UM, NOT OUT OF ORDER THAT WE GIVE YOU 30 DAYS OKAY.
IS THAT CORRECT? I'LL SECOND THAT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO EXTEND YOU BY 30 DAYS.
THAT WAS MS. GRAY AND MR. VAUGHN, CORRECT? YES.
SO MOTION CARRIES TO GRANT YOU AN EXTENSION FOR 30 DAYS.
AND MR. DOZIER, YOU DO NOT NEED A PERMIT FROM THE CITY FOR THAT WORK, OKAY? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, LAST CASE FOR THIS EVENING.
THE PROPERTY OWNER FONG DO IS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1313 0.04 H SIX OF THE
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PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE AT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 65 38 GLEN IVY DRIVE.AND MR. CHAIRMAN THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, IT'S 65 38.
GLEN IVY DRIVE IS IN VIOLATION OF A PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE REGARDING ALLOWABLE OUTDOOR STORAGE OR USE.
THE RESIDENT IS A REPEAT, ALMOST CONTINUOUS VIOLATOR.
SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE ON SITE WITH THE RESIDENT, YET THE VIOLATIONS AND THE COMPLAINTS CONTINUE.
SECTION 13 13 0 4 H ONE STATES, AND I'M GOING TO GO TO SECTION D OF THAT CODE.
NO ITEMS MAY BE STORED IN A FRONT YARD INSPECTION, VERIFIES THE PROPERTY DOES NOT MEET THE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE CODE, THEREFORE THE PROPERTY IS IN VIOLATION.
YOUR ATTACHED CASE REVIEW ILLUSTRATES THE VIOLATION PROCESS AND NON-COMPLIANCE OF THEIR PROPERTY.
CITY'S ZONING LETTERS MAILED TO THE OWNER OF RECORD HAVE HAD LITTLE OR NO IMPACT.
HISTORICALLY, THERE'S BEEN NO COMMUNICATION FROM THE OWNER TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE EXCEPT WHEN ON SITE TO VERIFY NON-COMPLIANCE.
THE TAX RECORD SHOWS PROPERTY TAXES ARE TYP TYPICALLY PAID ANY WORK.
THIS BOARD ORDERS WILL BE INVOICED TO THE PROPERTY IN THE OWNER'S NAME.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THE BOARD DECLARE THE PROPERTY A NUISANCE.
THE BOARD ORDERS STAFF TO HAVE THE CITY CONTRACTOR ABATE THE PROPERTY.
I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE.
WHEN WERE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN? MA'AM? WHEN WERE THE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN? OH, THOSE HAVE BEEN WITHIN THE LAST 30 DAYS AT LEAST.
UM, I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY ON IT.
THE LADY WHO LIVES THERE, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH HER FOR YEARS.
UM, THIS IS A CULTURAL DIFFERENCE.
AND OVER THE YEARS WE'VE HAD VARIOUS OFFICERS DEAL WITH HER.
IN FACT, I DEALT WITH HER WHEN I WAS IN THE FIELD AND IT'S JUST A SITUATION THAT EVERY TIME SOMETHING GETS CORRECTED, MORE THINGS GET ADDED.
WE GET COMPLAINTS ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS FROM NEIGHBORS.
AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, MY UH, INSPECTOR THAT'S HANDLING IT RIGHT NOW HAS BEEN, HAS SPOKEN TO HER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, MADE HER UNDERSTAND.
I BELIEVE SHE DOES UNDERSTAND.
I BELIEVE SHE CAN'T HELP HERSELF.
HOWEVER, AT SOME POINT IN TIME WE HAVE TO MOTIVATE HER TO STOP DOING THIS.
ALRIGHT? WE'VE BEEN THERE SEVERAL TIMES.
WE'VE SENT HER OVER THE YEARS, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN INVOICES.
ALSO TODAY WE RECEIVED A, UH, COMPLAINT LETTER FROM A NEIGHBOR FOR THE PROPERTY.
SO, UM, YOU'VE ALL BEEN GIVEN THAT JUST TODAY.
THAT'S WHY IT WASN'T IN YOUR PACKET BECAUSE IT JUST CAME TODAY.
AND SHE DID SAY THAT SHE DOES PAY HER TAXES.
I, IT'S JUST, UM, IT'S HARD TO MAKE SOMEONE UNDERSTAND THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG WHEN THEY THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
RIGHT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYONE HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONSIDER PROPERTY A NUISANCE, AN ABATE THE PROPERTY.
YOU HAVE A SECOND? SECOND AND VOTE PLEASE.
SO MOTION CARRIES FOR P M R B CASE 23 DASH 25.
THAT'S ALL OF OUR CASES THIS EVENING.
UH, WE, AND ACCORDING TO OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL BUSINESS.
IS THAT CORRECT? I HAVE NOTHING SIR.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OBJECTION OF THE MINUTES OF JULY THE 27TH? 2023, IF NOT THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
UPCOMING MEETINGS? AUGUST THE 24TH AND WE WILL HAVE A MEETING BECAUSE WE HAVE CASES.
WE, I ANTICIPATE HAVING MEETINGS, UH, TWICE A MONTH.
PROBABLY THROUGH OCTOBER, POSSIBLY.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW I PROBABLY HAVE 16 CASES IN THE BULLPEN.
I TRY NOT TO GIVE YOU GUYS MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN AT A TIME, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
THANK YOU MR. DOZER FOR COMING THIS EVENING.