Herman and Ursula Patel, owners of the Days Inn at 3521 Lake City Highway, have corrected between 25 and 30 percent of their code violations.

At Monday's Warsaw Building Code Enforcement Hearings, Ursula Patel said the hotel has 76 rooms. Fifty-eight of those rooms are available for use and 18 are unavailable and being used for storage. The Patels purchased the hotel in November 1994 and have spent approximately $300,000 on upgrades. They received a letter June 23 stating that they have 335 code violations. By Aug. 17 they were in 10 percent compliance.

There are also 38 additional violations, including moldy bathrooms and dirty carpets.

The pool is closed because of stagnant and cloudy water. The Patels said that the pool room is locked and unused.

Warsaw Building Commissioner Gene Oliver proposed a schedule of repairs. For life safety violations, Oliver recommended 21 days for completion. For electrical violations, he recommended 30 days. For the 103 plumbing violations he recommended 60 days, and for miscellaneous violations he recommended 90 days.

Oliver also recommended the 18 rooms being used for storage should be repaired and made available for use. A storage site should be located off-site.

Hearing officer Larry Clifford issued a civil penalty of $1,000 to be postponed if the violations are repaired by the following dates: life safety violations are to be repaired by Sept. 11; electrical violations, by Sept. 25; plumbing violations, by Oct. 23; miscellaneous violations, by Nov. 27; and the balcony, guard rails and walkway violations, by Dec. 31.

Clifford also required the pool to be drained and barricaded by Sept. 18 and permanently filled with some solid substance by Dec. 31.

In other business:

• Evelyn Rake of 427 W. Perry St. was not present for her hearing. Her employer issued a letter stating that she could not be present. Perry requested her hearing be continued to September.

It was denied.

Perry's residence has three steps that require a handrail, and was cited for the general junkyard condition of her yard. A rundown car was removed from the yard Monday. Oliver said there was 25 percent compliance with violation corrections.

Clifford affirmed an order for all repairs with a civil penalty of $1,000 to be postponed until Sept. 15.

• The property at 612 W. Wilson St. has six code violations on its garage. Owner Sydny Martin is in 20 percent compliance. The garage has foundation problems and required work on the roof with a building permit. Work on the roof was done without a building permit. There are structural problems with the rafters.

Code enforcement officer David Fritzel spoke for building inspector and assistant building commissioner Pam Kennedy. Kennedy requested interior inspection for life safety reasons.

Fritzel said it would cost $650 to demolish the garage and $2,500 to repair it.

Clifford required demolition of the garage by Sept. 11 unless an interior inspection concludes that it can be repaired. [[In-content Ad]]