Nicholas Bradshaw, the public officer designated by the mayor, waived a boarding invoice for 520 Victory Street after the property owner described steps to clear and secure the lot.

Bradshaw said the waiver after hearing testimony from Scott Elder, neighborhood code enforcement manager for the City of Knoxville, and the property owner, Victor Jarnigan. The city had boarded the structure March 6 after repeated vagrancy and unauthorized occupants, and city crews had charged for boarding work.

The waiver matters because it relieves the owner of an immediate invoice while the property remains subject to city orders and potential corrective action if repairs are not completed. Bradshaw read the hearing notice at the start of the session that explains the city may proceed with demolition or other corrective action if rehabilitation is not completed and final inspections approved within the ordered time.

During the hearing, Scott Elder presented the city's report and photographs showing vandalism and evidence of occupancy that led to the March boarding action. Elder said the city boarded the property as part of corrective action and recommended the city either affirm the boarding charge or consider a waiver based on owner progress.

Victor Jarnigan, the owner, told the public officer he had acquired adjacent houses and was “in the process now of demoing the accessory structures at 525, 522 and 524 Victory Street,” clearing underbrush and placing someone at one house to monitor the lots. Jarnigan said, “We go by there every 3 days ... I am spending thousands of dollars trying to keep the property clean,” and that he accepted responsibility for the property and the boarding charge but requested relief because of the active remediation.

Elder confirmed ongoing coordination with the owner and recommended a waiver in this case. Bradshaw said he was satisfied that the owner was taking action and granted the waiver, telling the owner the city would send confirmation of the invoice waiver.

Discussion-only items at the hearing noted that waiver of the boarding charge does not remove the city’s authority to act if the work is not finished; Bradshaw reiterated the hearing notice that permits or starting rehabilitation do not invalidate the city’s corrective authority unless all required inspections and approvals are completed or an extension is granted.

The city did not take any additional enforcement action on 520 Victory Street during this hearing; the public officer’s waiver resolves the immediate boarding invoice but the property remains subject to future orders if remediation stalls.