Ringneck Trail Code Enforcement Hearings Nearing End
June 20, 2017 at 6:28 p.m.
By David [email protected]
Code Enforcement Hearing Officer Lawrence Clifford reviewed the case again Monday. At the May 15 hearing, Clifford gave the mortgage company, Deutsche Bank, another 30 days to address a list of repairs still needed on the home. The city was supposed to be contacted before Monday’s meeting for a reinspection of the repairs, but that was not done by the hearing time of 1:30 p.m.
Kyle Babcock, a former Warsaw city councilman, had the home built more than 10 years ago, but it went into foreclosure in 2009 after problems with window wells, leaking water and mold. He and his family vacated the property due to the problems, and the property entered into litigation.
At Monday’s hearing, Building Commissioner Ray Behling told Clifford that, “We’ve not been called to do the reinspection.”
Fredric Lawrence, representing Deutsche Bank, responded, “We, in trying to get everything done, didn’t get the call to (Building Department Administrative Assistant Zannie Powell) until Friday to try to get something set up for today. Didn’t have enough time to get the inspector out there.”
He said a colleague was out at the site making sure everything was finished. Lawrence suggested the case could be continued 30 days to get Behling out there.
“Are you finished?” Clifford asked.
“I believe we are,” Lawrence answered. “We took care of all the issues that came up last time.” He said smoke detectors were installed with batteries, light fixtures have been replaced; and he had an engineer’s report certifying work that had been completed regarding pole placement in the basement, handrails and water issues.
Behling said he hadn’t been out to the property since his inspection last month. Clifford asked if Monday after the code enforcement hearings would be a good time for Behling to inspect the site.
Behling said the problem the city had was that their schedule was booked. He had an inspection somewhere else at 2:30 p.m. yesterday.
After some discussion, Clifford scheduled for Behling to be at Ringneck Trail for an inspection at 1:50 p.m. yesterday.
Clifford also reset a hearing on the property for 1:30 p.m. July 17, but if Behling inspects 330 Ringneck Trail and it’s OK, then the case won’t go back before him and Lawrence won’t have to return for another hearing.
The second case to go before Clifford Monday was on a home at 519 N. Park Ave., Warsaw, owned by Faviola Duran. Clifford has had the property before him since February.
Problems cited by the city include the foundation, floor joists, the front porch, roof, garage and electrical matters.
At the February hearing, Duran was given a nine-month extension to make repairs to the home, but until April 30 to fix the foundation. Then at the May hearing, Duran’s sister, Noemi Saldivar, said they’ve talked to several contractors about fixing the foundation and have narrowed it down to two or three. She said they were ready to start the work by the end of the month. Clifford gave Duran until Monday’s hearing to complete the foundation work. If it wasn’t done by then, he said he would consider other options including civil penalties or demolition.
At Monday’s hearing, Duran told Clifford, “We’re waiting for approval from the architect (SKRM) ... so that we can get it started.” She said she thought Behling was going to send information in to SKRM and then the architect was going to get back to him on approving the work.
Behling said he called and talked to Saldivar, and left her a message, but never heard back from her. He said SKRM told him that the quote she got for the repairs wouldn’t take care of all the needed work. Behling said since then, he hasn’t heard back from anyone involved in the case.
“What this guy quoted to fix is not what they wrote up here that needed to be repaired,” he said.
Duran repeated she was waiting on approval from the city and the architects to get the work started. Clifford asked her if she understood that her contractors and architects weren’t talking enough with the city and that she needed to get that done. He said it was her responsibility to get the approval from the city, her contractors and architects.
Clifford told Duran that if she didn’t get the work done, he was going to order the property demolished. He reset a hearing for it for July 17 and told her she needed to have something done by then.
In a final matter, a case against Terri Davis, 602 S. McClellan St., was rescinded. Code Officer Dana Hewitt reported the 14 vehicles that had been sitting on the property were removed by Monday morning.
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Code Enforcement Hearing Officer Lawrence Clifford reviewed the case again Monday. At the May 15 hearing, Clifford gave the mortgage company, Deutsche Bank, another 30 days to address a list of repairs still needed on the home. The city was supposed to be contacted before Monday’s meeting for a reinspection of the repairs, but that was not done by the hearing time of 1:30 p.m.
Kyle Babcock, a former Warsaw city councilman, had the home built more than 10 years ago, but it went into foreclosure in 2009 after problems with window wells, leaking water and mold. He and his family vacated the property due to the problems, and the property entered into litigation.
At Monday’s hearing, Building Commissioner Ray Behling told Clifford that, “We’ve not been called to do the reinspection.”
Fredric Lawrence, representing Deutsche Bank, responded, “We, in trying to get everything done, didn’t get the call to (Building Department Administrative Assistant Zannie Powell) until Friday to try to get something set up for today. Didn’t have enough time to get the inspector out there.”
He said a colleague was out at the site making sure everything was finished. Lawrence suggested the case could be continued 30 days to get Behling out there.
“Are you finished?” Clifford asked.
“I believe we are,” Lawrence answered. “We took care of all the issues that came up last time.” He said smoke detectors were installed with batteries, light fixtures have been replaced; and he had an engineer’s report certifying work that had been completed regarding pole placement in the basement, handrails and water issues.
Behling said he hadn’t been out to the property since his inspection last month. Clifford asked if Monday after the code enforcement hearings would be a good time for Behling to inspect the site.
Behling said the problem the city had was that their schedule was booked. He had an inspection somewhere else at 2:30 p.m. yesterday.
After some discussion, Clifford scheduled for Behling to be at Ringneck Trail for an inspection at 1:50 p.m. yesterday.
Clifford also reset a hearing on the property for 1:30 p.m. July 17, but if Behling inspects 330 Ringneck Trail and it’s OK, then the case won’t go back before him and Lawrence won’t have to return for another hearing.
The second case to go before Clifford Monday was on a home at 519 N. Park Ave., Warsaw, owned by Faviola Duran. Clifford has had the property before him since February.
Problems cited by the city include the foundation, floor joists, the front porch, roof, garage and electrical matters.
At the February hearing, Duran was given a nine-month extension to make repairs to the home, but until April 30 to fix the foundation. Then at the May hearing, Duran’s sister, Noemi Saldivar, said they’ve talked to several contractors about fixing the foundation and have narrowed it down to two or three. She said they were ready to start the work by the end of the month. Clifford gave Duran until Monday’s hearing to complete the foundation work. If it wasn’t done by then, he said he would consider other options including civil penalties or demolition.
At Monday’s hearing, Duran told Clifford, “We’re waiting for approval from the architect (SKRM) ... so that we can get it started.” She said she thought Behling was going to send information in to SKRM and then the architect was going to get back to him on approving the work.
Behling said he called and talked to Saldivar, and left her a message, but never heard back from her. He said SKRM told him that the quote she got for the repairs wouldn’t take care of all the needed work. Behling said since then, he hasn’t heard back from anyone involved in the case.
“What this guy quoted to fix is not what they wrote up here that needed to be repaired,” he said.
Duran repeated she was waiting on approval from the city and the architects to get the work started. Clifford asked her if she understood that her contractors and architects weren’t talking enough with the city and that she needed to get that done. He said it was her responsibility to get the approval from the city, her contractors and architects.
Clifford told Duran that if she didn’t get the work done, he was going to order the property demolished. He reset a hearing for it for July 17 and told her she needed to have something done by then.
In a final matter, a case against Terri Davis, 602 S. McClellan St., was rescinded. Code Officer Dana Hewitt reported the 14 vehicles that had been sitting on the property were removed by Monday morning.
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