Knoxville public officer orders repairs, affirms emergency demolition and boarding charges

Nicholas Bradshaw, the public officer designated by the mayor to enforce the City of Knoxville’s code on unfit buildings, found multiple properties out of compliance and ordered repairs or affirmed corrective actions after a June 27 public officer hearing.

Bradshaw issued a 120-day repair order for 600 Renford Road after city inspectors documented the structure occupied without functioning utilities and damaged electrical and HVAC equipment. Scott Elder, neighborhood codes enforcement manager for the City of Knoxville, told the hearing the house was inspected in 2019 and again after utility services were removed in 2022 and that extension cords and a damaged exterior electrical panel had been observed. Owner Alan Howell told the hearing he is not living in the house but has been working inside, said the visible extension cords had been removed, and described plans to hire a certified Knoxville electrician and to apply for…