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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter-Open Violations ,~ ., ~ OJHKOJH ON THE WATER February 28, 2007 CARMEN GONZALES 317 W 6TH AVE OSHKOSH WI 54902 RE: 317 W 6TH Ave. Dear Ms. Gonzales, City of Oshkosh Division ofInspection Services 215 Church Avenue PO Box 1130 Oshkosh WI 54902-1130 This letter is in response to your concerns regarding the violations located at 31 7W 6th Ave. Upon receiving your letter I did a review of the property file. The following facts pertain to this property: April 29, 2005 January 19, 2006 February 2,2006 May 24, 2006 August 9, 2006 September 18, 2006 September 27, 2006 November 17, 2006 November 30, 2006 November 30, 2006 December 30, 2006 Property Maintenance Violations were noted on this property and the City of Oshkosh Inspection Services Division issued a correction notice to Baylake Bank. Among the violations was a requirement to repair and/or reconstruct the porches/decks to meet minimum code requirements. An additional correction notice was sent to Baylake Bank after a review of open property records. Baylake Bank copied our office a letter that was sent to Victor Duket stating that he was responsible to obtain permits and approvals for the decks/porches. An additional letter was sent to Victor Duket from our office stating compliance was required on the decks/porches. A final correction notice was issued to the property trying to avoid the issuance of citations. A letter was sent to you regarding a voice mail message I received stating that you now were the owner of this property. Information was also sent to you explaining how to gain compliance with the open violations. You called to request an extension in obtaining the required permits due to the fact that you would be out of the State. The extension was granted. The required permit was obtained. An inspection request was received and the inspection was conducted of the decks/porches. A correction notice was sent due to numerous violations that were noted at the final inspection of the decks/porches. Was the compliance date for repairing the noted violations. As you can see from the above time line our office has made numerous attempts to gain compliance from the previous owners of this property prior to your involvement. It is unfortunate in your case but our office can only pursue compliance from the current owner of the property. In this case it would appear from your comments that you were sold this property without the previous owner informing you of the open violations. This is one of the reasons our office has tried to work with you and has granted extensions. I would advise you to contact private ;p " counsel to see if you would have any recourse from the previous owner for the violations. It is correct that building permits are valid for one year provided work commences within the first six months. However, The City of Oshkosh adopts the Uniform Dwelling Code for the State of Wisconsin, which states that all violations shall be corrected within thirty-days after the written notification unless an extension is granted. This thirty-day requirement was also noted in all of the orders that were sent to you. According to our records the latest correspondence you received from this office was back on November 30, 2006 which stated that the violations were to be corrected and re-inspected by December 30,2006. It is extremely disheartening that you feel you have been harassed and discriminated against after being given eight months to comply. The decks/porches are not allowed to be constructed ina temporary manner thus avoiding the requirement for them to be built to meet minimum code requirements established by the State of Wisconsin. In. saying this the violations are required to be corrected and inspected no later than May 1, 2007 to avoid citations. This is the final extension for this project. If you have any questions and or concerns feel free to contact me at 920-236-5036 Monday through Friday from 7 :OOam to 3 :OOpm. Sincerely, i0.~Qu\~~ Nicole Krahn Building Systems Inspector City of Oshkosh 920-236-5036 nkrahn@ci.oshkosh.wi.us cc: File Allyn Dannhoff, Director of InspeCtion Services