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ADDRESS: 813 W WAVELAND AVE
Inspection # 10641829
VIOLATIONS BUILDING CODE CITATION VIOLATION DETAILS
CN015062 Failed to remove obstruction from exitway that hampers travel and evacuation. (13-160-070, 13-196-080) All porches throughout - furniture , personal items , flower pots , junk and debris - hampering egress.
CN061014 Failed to maintain the exterior walls of a building or structure free from holes, breaks, loose or rotting boards or timbers and any other conditions which might admit rain or dampness to the walls. (13-196-530(b), 13-196-641) East , west , and south elevations - walls - washed out mortar with spalling and erroded bricks.
CN062034 Failed to maintain roof coping in good repair and free from cracks defects. (13-196-530, 13-196-530(c) and 13-196-641) Southwest coping tiles - broken and missing sections.
CN063014 Failed to maintain chimney in safe and sound working condition. (13-196-590, 13-196-530(b) and (c), 13-196-641) West chimney - washed out mortar / chimney cap washed out mortar. East chimney - shifting bricks with chimney cap missing sections.
CN068014 Failed to maintain roof structure in sound condition and good repair and free from defects which may admit rain. (13-196-530, 13-196-530(e), 13-196-641) All elevations - porch roofs - rotted , broken , missing , sagging , and loose sheathing with rafters sagging and broken . Most porch roof sections - peeling paint.
CN069034 Failed to maintain areaway walls in sound condition and good repair. (13-196-530, 13-196-530(b), 13-196-641) South basement retaining wall - shifting , broken , and fractured concrete sections.
CN070014 Failed to maintain exterior stairways in safe condition and in sound repair. (13-196-570, 13-196-641) North courtyard basement stairway - grade to basement - handrail and stair rail - missing. East and southeast basement stairways - grade to basement - handrails missing and some concrete steps , floor sections - broken and missing concrete. West and south basement stairways - grade to basement - handrails - missing.
CN070024 Failed to repair or replace defective or missing members of porch system. (13-196-570, 13-196-641) South 3story open wood porch at 1st - hole burned in decking - trip hazzard. South porch - beam to column connections - only nailed.
CN073014 Failed to maintain exterior door in sound condition and repair. (13-196-550(d) and (e), 13-196-641) Northwest porch at 2nd - screen door - broken with missing sections. Door bottom bent.
CN073024 Failed to maintain exterior door frames to exclude rain and wind from entering building and otherwise in sound condition and repair. (13-196-550, 13-196-550(f), 13-196-641) All elevations - entry and exit doors / frames - rotted with peeling paint.
CN074024 Failed to provide porch which is more than two risers high with rails not less than three and one-half feet above the floor of the porch. (13-196-570(b), 13-196-641 All elevations - basement stairways - grade to basement - guardrails - missing or ''ladder'' type with 8'' to 18'' between ties. Many basement guardrails - missing pickets.
CN103015 Failed to maintain floor free from holes and wide cracks and free from loose, warped, protruding or rotting floor boards. (13-196-540(a) and (b)) South exterior basement floor - holes at basement entry door.
CN104015 Replace broken, missing or defective window panes. (13-196-550 A) Southwest at 1st - window - broken pane.
CN190019 Arrange for inspection of premises. (13-12-100) Building interior - no response - unverified detectors and conditions. Unable to inspect interior stairways or verify complaints of unsanitary conditions and crumbling ceilings.
CN190020 Arrange for entry to inspect construction work authorized by recently issued building permit. (13-12-100) Porch permit # 100294906 , ISD 07 / 01 / 2009 - not finalized.
EL0036 Install cover on outlet or junction box. (18-27-370.25) Several porch areas and at basement areas - open electrical junction boxes with exposed wiring.
PL170017 Provide floor drain with metallic strainer. (18-29-402.5) South exterior basement floor drain strainer cover - missing.
CN015062 Failed to remove obstruction from exitway that hampers travel and evacuation. (13-160-070, 13-196-080) All porches throughout - furniture , personal items , flower pots , junk and debris - hampering egress.
CN061014 Failed to maintain the exterior walls of a building or structure free from holes, breaks, loose or rotting boards or timbers and any other conditions which might admit rain or dampness to the walls. (13-196-530(b), 13-196-641) East , west , and south elevations - walls - washed out mortar with spalling and erroded bricks.
CN062034 Failed to maintain roof coping in good repair and free from cracks defects. (13-196-530, 13-196-530(c) and 13-196-641) Southwest coping tiles - broken and missing sections.
CN063014 Failed to maintain chimney in safe and sound working condition. (13-196-590, 13-196-530(b) and (c), 13-196-641) West chimney - washed out mortar / chimney cap washed out mortar. East chimney - shifting bricks with chimney cap missing sections.
CN068014 Failed to maintain roof structure in sound condition and good repair and free from defects which may admit rain. (13-196-530, 13-196-530(e), 13-196-641) All elevations - porch roofs - rotted , broken , missing , sagging , and loose sheathing with rafters sagging and broken . Most porch roof sections - peeling paint.
CN069034 Failed to maintain areaway walls in sound condition and good repair. (13-196-530, 13-196-530(b), 13-196-641) South basement retaining wall - shifting , broken , and fractured concrete sections.
CN070014 Failed to maintain exterior stairways in safe condition and in sound repair. (13-196-570, 13-196-641) North courtyard basement stairway - grade to basement - handrail and stair rail - missing. East and southeast basement stairways - grade to basement - handrails missing and some concrete steps , floor sections - broken and missing concrete. West and south basement stairways - grade to basement - handrails - missing.
CN070024 Failed to repair or replace defective or missing members of porch system. (13-196-570, 13-196-641) South 3story open wood porch at 1st - hole burned in decking - trip hazzard. South porch - beam to column connections - only nailed.
CN073014 Failed to maintain exterior door in sound condition and repair. (13-196-550(d) and (e), 13-196-641) Northwest porch at 2nd - screen door - broken with missing sections. Door bottom bent.
CN073024 Failed to maintain exterior door frames to exclude rain and wind from entering building and otherwise in sound condition and repair. (13-196-550, 13-196-550(f), 13-196-641) All elevations - entry and exit doors / frames - rotted with peeling paint.
CN074024 Failed to provide porch which is more than two risers high with rails not less than three and one-half feet above the floor of the porch. (13-196-570(b), 13-196-641 All elevations - basement stairways - grade to basement - guardrails - missing or ''ladder'' type with 8'' to 18'' between ties. Many basement guardrails - missing pickets.
CN103015 Failed to maintain floor free from holes and wide cracks and free from loose, warped, protruding or rotting floor boards. (13-196-540(a) and (b)) South exterior basement floor - holes at basement entry door.
CN104015 Replace broken, missing or defective window panes. (13-196-550 A) Southwest at 1st - window - broken pane.
CN190019 Arrange for inspection of premises. (13-12-100) Building interior - no response - unverified detectors and conditions. Unable to inspect interior stairways or verify complaints of unsanitary conditions and crumbling ceilings.
CN190020 Arrange for entry to inspect construction work authorized by recently issued building permit. (13-12-100) Porch permit # 100294906 , ISD 07 / 01 / 2009 - not finalized.
EL0036 Install cover on outlet or junction box. (18-27-370.25) Several porch areas and at basement areas - open electrical junction boxes with exposed wiring.
PL170017 Provide floor drain with metallic strainer. (18-29-402.5) South exterior basement floor drain strainer cover - missing.