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On May 24, 2016 the property was found to be in compliance, when the water service was reinstated after repairs were made to the septic system. The City requests a Standing Order for any future violation of the same code, due to the violation not being corrected by February 24, 2016, the date given for correction on the Notice ,ent February 18, 2016, however no fine should be imposed at this time. The Property was cited for raw sewage spilling out onto the front yard of the property. The raw sewage was treated and removed from the property and a permitted septic tank and drain field was installed. The property is compiled as of 5/24/16. -- The City is requesting a Finding of Fact that the property was in violation and a Standing Order in so that any occurrence of the same violation by the Respondent(s) on the same property within the next (5) years, be treated as a repeat violation with a fine of up to $500.00 per day. There was a lis pendens on 10/4/12 and a final judgement on 9/21/15. The sale was set for 1/21/16 but did not happen. No further foreclosure information after that. Mark Campbell advised that the tenant was present to speak. The property owner was not present. Cynthia Raper, 224 Triplet Ct stated she has no interest in the property other than her and her husband being the unfortunate tenants who live below the homeowner and the nine family members living with him. There are three cars, all inoperable, two with no tags, one with expired tag. There is also a washing machine that hourly floods the back yard and Ms. Raper wants to know why no citations have been issued for those four violations. Ms. Raper stated the property will be sold if anyone bothered to check toe docket, on the 28th of June. The Special Magistrate asked Ms. Raper if the property owner was in the audience. Ms. Raper stated no. i he Special Magistrate stated Ms. Raper has mentioned a docket. Ms. Raper stayed yes, the docket where you check for foreclosures, civil and criminal cases. The house gets sold on the 28th of June. The house has been in foreclosure for four and a half years. The violation mentioned above was stated again. There is a back porch which is holding up a potatoes sack, which is a covering for the back porch. Ms. Raper stated she knows Nathan saw this violation because he and the Building Official, Dale Baker had to go to the back of the house to get the owner to open the door, they did not want to come out in front of the news cameras. Code Enforcement is aware of this and there are mice and snakes getting into an abandoned vehicle which has no tags, sitting in the back yard. The Special Magistrate asked if there was anything else. Mark Campbell stated this is the only case before him today. The Special Magistrate stated this is before him as a public nuisance, specifically the septic system. Mark Campbell stated yes. The Special Magistrate stated the tenant has stated there are other violations. ✓lark Campbell stated the public nuisance is the only case there is on June 9, 2016. 61 Page