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Board sets February compliance deadline for 3725 Center St.; owner told to show repairs
Summary
The Louisville Metro Code Enforcement Board set a deadline of Feb. 14, 2025, for full compliance at 3725 Center Street after staff reported partial compliance on multiple items including gutters, exterior surfaces and a garage door.
The Louisville Metro Code Enforcement Board on Jan. 24, 2025, set a deadline for total compliance at 3725 Center Street for Feb. 14, 2025, after hearing testimony from Code Enforcement Supervisor Amy Goatley and the property representative, Max Sawyer.
Goatley summarized a November 2024 inspection that carried a $700 penalty across multiple violations: boarding, cleaning, electrical light fixture, exterior surface (peeling/chipping paint and missing siding), roofing/gutters and an unsecured garage door. A January follow-up found some items in compliance (cleaning) and others not (boarding, electrical fixture, siding and gutters). Goatley presented photographs taken in January showing the conditions.
Max Sawyer, who said he manages the property, told the board his crew had re-leveled and reattached gutters, capped an exposed light socket with a blank plate and secured the garage door; he displayed photos on a phone. Sawyer asked for time to complete painting and other repairs, citing recent bad weather and personal health issues that had limited work.
The County Attorney’s Office told the board that the property had had multiple visits (the transcript records eight visits and an earlier exterior-surface citation dated July 30, 2024) and recommended that the owner provide better evidence of repairs. The board told Sawyer to return with clear evidence of total compliance. Chairman David Pearl said the county would expect demonstrable evidence within two weeks; Pearl then set a total-compliance hearing for Feb. 14, 2025, to review outstanding items. The board warned that if enforcement visits continue and the count of visits exceeds thresholds, penalties would be imposed.
No formal roll-call vote with named tallies appears in the transcript; the record shows the board set the compliance date and instructed staff to verify repairs before the next hearing.
The board also noted that painting exterior wood surfaces may depend on suitable weather and that small, localized painting might be feasible when temperatures allow.
