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Code Enforcement Detail
Case Number	CE15110094	complainant
Case Date	11-18-2015	address
Origination	PHONE - TELEPHONE CALL RECEIVED	Status	C - CLOSED
Operator	cshackel	Officer	OFFICE
Fines Balance	$0.00
Lien Balance	$0.00
Total Balance	$0.00
Property On Case
STRAP NBR	C-33-35-29-020-0010-0030	Owner	REED BARBARA J
Unit		Owner Address	936 LAKE JOSEPHINE DR
Property Address	932 LAKE JOSEPHINE DR	City/State/Zip	SEBRING FL 33872
City/State/Zip	SEBRING FL 33875-	Phone

Case Description

TENANT COMPLAINT. RAW SEWAGE ON GROUND, TOILETS

DONT FLUSH ETC. SINKS DONT DRAIN.(TOLD TENANT TO

CONTACT DOH ABOUT THIS)

THERE ELECTRIC IS RE-ROUTED FROM THE NEIGHBORS BOX

FOR POWER, WIRES HANGING OUT OF WALLS, BARE WIRES

ETC, TURN ON SWITCHES YOU GET SHOCKS.

SOME OF THE WINDOWS DONT HAVE SCREENS, IF YOU OPEN

THE FRONT WINDOWS THEY FALL OUT, SOME WINDOWS ARE

SEALED SHUT WITH SCREWS OR CAULKING.

THERE BLACK MOLD IN THE HOUSE MAKING KIDS SICK.

MELISSA MORRIS, 863-835-2286

Inspections/Events Detail

DATE	TIME	INSPECTION / EVENT TYPE	INSTRUCTIONS / COMMENTS
05-10-2017	01:15 PM	CLOSE COMPLAINT	CASE CLOSED BY ELONGSHO
05-10-2017	01:15 PM	REINSPECTION	HAVE NEVER HEARD FROM TENANT AND NO FURTHER COMPLAINTS AT THIS ADDRESS. ASSUME ISSUES RESOLVED. CLOSE CASE.
11-19-2015	09:18 AM	INITIAL INSPECTION	MADE SITE VISIT AND SPOKE WITH TENANT. OBSERVED NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL ISSUES RANGING FROM EXPOSED WIRING TO PLATES MISSING ON OUTLETS. TENANT SAYS THE SWITCH TO THE FAN AND LIGHT IN THE LIVING ROOM IS IN THE NEIGHBORING APARTMENT. THERE IS A LEAK UNDER THE KITCHEN SINK THAT HAS CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE CABINET AND MOLD GROWTH. CLEAN DISHES, PLATES AND POTS AND PANS WERE STORED ON THE CABINET TOPS AND TENANT SAID THE CABINETS WERE UNUSABLE DUE TO ROACH INFESTATION. WHEN I OPENED TWO OF THE CABINET DOORS AN ESTIMATED 25 ROACHES WERE OBSERVED IN EACH CABINET. THE SLIDING GLASS DOORS ARE OPERABLE BUT DO NOT ALIGN LEAVING GAPS TO EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT AND DOORS UNLOCKABLE. THE WINDOWS, ALTHOUGH NEWER MODELS, DO NOT OPERATE PROPERLY AS THE SASHES FALL OUT WHEN OPENED. THE UTILITY ROOM HAS MANY CODE VIOLATIONS INCLUDING FAULTY WIRING, THE DRYER VENT DOES NOT VENT TO EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT AND THE WASHER DISCHARGES TO THE SIDEWALK AT THE REAR OF THE APARTMENT. BOTH TUB/SHOWER AREAS LEAK THROUGH WALLS WHEN USED. FLOORING HAS BEEN REMOVED AROUND ONE OF THE BATH AREAS LEAVING CONCRETE SLAB EXPOSED BECAUSE OF THE CONSTANT LEAKS. TENANT SAYS THE SHOWERS DO NOT DRAIN AND BACK UP WHEN USED WHICH LEAD ME TO INVESTIGATE THE SEPTIC SYSTEM. THE BACK YARD AREA HAS SEVERAL DEPRESSIONS AND ODOR LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THE SEPTIC SYSTEM IS BROKEN AND NON-WORKING. THE BATHROOM CABINET IS SET APPROXIMATELY 4" AWAY FROM THE WALL AS IF PULLED OUT TO REPAIR PLUMBING IN THE WALL AND REPIPED IN NEW POSITION. THE ODOR OF THE HOUSE AND PLUMBING ISSUES LEADS ME TO SUSPECT MOLD PRESENT. THE TENANT SAID THEY WERE LOOKING TO MOVE AND HAD BEEN SERVED EVICTION NOTICE. I LEFT CARD WITH TENANT AND THEY WILL ALERT ME WHEN THEY HAVE FOUND A NEW APARTMENT. AT THAT TIME I WILL POST THIS PROPERTY AS UNINHABITABLE UNTIL CORRECTIONS ARE MADE. I DISCUSSED TIME FRAME OF MOVE WITH TENANT AND DETERMINED NOT TO PLACARD AT THIS TIME SO AS NOT TO PUT TENANT ON THE STREET. REPAIRS THAT WILL NEED TO BE MADE BEFORE OCCUPATION ARE; SEPTIC SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO BE INSPECTED AND CERTIFIED. THE COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO BE BROUGHT INTO CODE COMPLIANCE. THE WINDOWS WILL HAVE TO BE REPAIRED. THE DRYER VENT WILL HAVE TO BE VENTED TO EXTERIOR. THE WASHING MACHINE DISCHARGE WILL HAVE TO BE MADE CODE COMPLIANT. THE TUB/SHOWER AREAS WILL HAVE TO BE REPAIRED TO NOT ALLOW LEAKS AND THE PLUMBING SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO BE INSPECTED TO ASSURE PROPER FUNCTION. THE STRUCTURE WILL HAVE TO BE TREATED FOR THE ROACH INFESTATION.
11-18-2015	01:34 PM	CREATE COMPLAINT	COMPLAINT RECORDED BY CSHACKEL