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New Residential Construction Abandoned

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Durant

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Permit has expired and work has been discontinued for some time now. In fact a tree is growing in front of the garage doorway, no door. I'm new to the area and have a couple of homes that are in this condition.

What is your policy and procedure please?

Thanks,
 
Coug Dad,

No modification and adopted 2009 IRC without amendments. My concern is that the buildings are open and no work being done and the property is not secured. Some have minor vandalism. Do you turn it over to code enforcement?

I would put pictures here but don't know how.
 
Our C.E. folks are only walls out, don't do anything with structures. Do you have the Property Maintenance Code adopted? Section 108 makes it a breeze to get it secured.
 
Durant said:
Permit has expired and work has been discontinued for some time now. In fact a tree is growing in front of the garage doorway, no door. I'm new to the area and have a couple of homes that are in this condition.What is your policy and procedure please?

Thanks,
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The policy and procedure in place before your arrival isn't sufficient?
 
Send me a PM with your email address and I will send you a boilerplate nastygram with all the code citations that are required. Been perfecting it for years......All I need to do is change addresses for the most part.
 
Ice,

With a 6' foot cotton wood tree growing in front of the garage doorway (no doors), but bricked home under construction, electric cables cut and tub turned over in bathroom floor, in semi-frame stage, and permit expired 1 year ago; no I don't think the policy and pr0cedures in place when I arrived is sufficient. Gotta love it :)
 
Durant said:
Ice, With a 6' foot cotton wood tree growing in front of the garage doorway (no doors), but bricked home under construction, electric cables cut and tub turned over in bathroom floor, in semi-frame stage, and permit expired 1 year ago; no I don't think the policy and pr0cedures in place when I arrived is sufficient. Gotta love it :)
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If the permit is expired and no construction taking place, it's a code enforcement issue. And other than notifying the appropriate department, there's no reason for you to worry about it...being the new person and all that.
 
Brudgers,

Thanks but being the new guy here the powers that be determined that it's mine, of course.
 
Great!

Start the condemnation process.

Then you will either get the support you require, or be told that condemnation is not part of your job.

In other words, either pass the buck to codes enforcement, or do take on the whole thing.

Whatever you do, don't get caught with responsibility without authority.
 
Durant said:
Ice,With a 6' foot cotton wood tree growing in front of the garage doorway (no doors), but bricked home under construction, electric cables cut and tub turned over in bathroom floor, in semi-frame stage, and permit expired 1 year ago; no I don't think the policy and pr0cedures in place when I arrived is sufficient. Gotta love it :)
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Is the 6' cotton wood tree required by the ICC Green Building Code?
 
brudgers said:
Great! Start the condemnation process.

Then you will either get the support you require, or be told that condemnation is not part of your job.

In other words, either pass the buck to codes enforcement, or do take on the whole thing.

Whatever you do, don't get caught with responsibility without authority.
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Greetings,

I'm in total agreement with Mr. Brudgers. BUT if your not a code enforcement officer, sounds like it might get complicated. Maybe yalls rules are different on the north side of the Red. Down here on the south side of the Red it would require licensed code enforcement officers to handle that process.

BS
 
Interesting, like I said, our C.E. folks don't touch structures at all, strictly walls out. I wish they would, I hate dealing with this kind of crap.
 
Fatboy,

I sent you a pm with my e-mail address. That will really help me.

Thanks

BSSTG,

Unfortunately, I'm licensed/certified for everything. Just been a few years since I've had to deal with this crap.
 
mtlogcabin said:
Use a flare gun and then it becomes the Fire Departments problemThe property in more than likely in foreclosure so good luck with trying to get results.
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Official inquiry,

I am the fire investigator for the fire of 6 Foot Cotton Tree Lane. Did you in fact become an accessory to the charge of first degree arson by advising the defendent that a flare gun would solve the problem? (Bright light shining in face about now!! with the sound of water dripping onto the cold hard concrete)

Bwahahahahahahaahahaha!!
 
Are we the only jurisdiction with an unofficial "ignore it" policy??

Pretty rural here though...
 
"Are we the only jurisdiction with an unofficial "ignore it" policy??"

Nope, that is my position until it comes to me as a complaint...............and I have to deal with it.
 
fatboy said:
"Are we the only jurisdiction with an unofficial "ignore it" policy??"Nope, that is my position until it comes to me as a complaint...............and I have to deal with it.
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ditto. last house like that I dealt with was framed and wrapped with no doors and missing a few windows. The local juvenile deliquents moved in. I received complaints from the neighbors and had the out of town investors board up the structure. It is still boarded up 18 years later.
 
righter101 said:
Are we the only jurisdiction with an unofficial "ignore it" policy??Pretty rural here though...
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Complaint basis only here as well. We strive to be the AHJ of soft and fuzzy passive aggressive responses. In general, we (government) don't seem to be wanted until people/neighbors can't solve their own problems, which seems to be more often than one would think. They usually don't want us to follow up on their complaints once they find out there is a good chance their property (if adjacent, or en route) will be reviewed and cited for violations.
 
For the solution of this problem you should give an application to the construction department and request for the solution as soon as possiblle so that you can get rid of this problem quickly.
 
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