Nicholas Bradshaw, the public officer designated by the mayor, ordered the owner of 2504 Washington Avenue to repair or demolish the house and accessory structure within 120 days and affirmed related boarding charges from May and July during the Aug. 1 hearing.

Bradshaw found the structure “out of compliance with the codes of the City of Knoxville, an attractive nuisance, and ... dangerous and injurious to the health and safety of the occupants or public,” and issued the 120-day repair-or-demolish order. Bradshaw also affirmed the city’s boarding actions and approved invoices for the May 27 and July 8 boarding operations.

Scott Elder, neighborhood code enforcement manager for the City of Knoxville, summarized prior inspections and code complaints. Elder said the house was originally inspected in 2024 and showed signs of vacancy and disrepair: broken windows, missing fascia, fallen gutters, rotten roof framing and a missing rear staircase. Elder reported “22 code complaints since 2020, actually over 50 since 02/2004,” and said there were outstanding liens for unpaid city services as well as new invoices for mowing and boarding.

Shirley Parrot, who identified herself as a family member with ties to the property, asked for more time and said she and relatives keep belongings at the house. Parrot told the public officer she lives in Nashville and “we would like to ... clean the property out and have it ... fixed up if we could,” but that repairs would take time because of work and travel constraints. She said police removed people from the garage once — “there was about 8 people that came out from there” — but the occupants returned within days.

Bradshaw noted the hearing’s standard notice that obtaining permits or beginning rehabilitation do not automatically stop possible corrective action by the city unless all final inspections are approved or a written extension is granted. He ordered the owner to repair or demolish within 120 days and warned the city may placard, vacate or cause immediate repair or demolition if corrective action is not taken; costs could be placed as a lien and collected per city code.

On the boarding-charge items, Bradshaw affirmed the May 27 boarding of an accessory structure and the July 8 boarding of the house, and said the invoices will be sent to the owners on record at 511 Ben Allen Road, Nashville, Tennessee. Elder and staff offered to meet with Parrot after the hearing to discuss available resources and permitting and to clarify next steps.

This is a final enforcement order from the public officer at this hearing; no council or third-party vote was recorded. The owner was given the 120-day compliance period specified in the order.