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Grand Prairie board extends deadline for repairs at 1605 Acosta
Summary
The Building Advisory and Appeals Board granted the owner of 1605 Acosta an extension to provide a contractor plan and complete repairs, setting a new compliance deadline of midnight July 7 and requiring the owner to appear at the July 7 meeting with a detailed plan.
The Grand Prairie Building Advisory and Appeals Board voted to extend the compliance deadline for repairs at 1605 Acosta and directed the property owner to return to the board with a detailed contractor plan by the board's July meeting.
Staff told the board the home was first inspected after a 2023 complaint about a hole in the roof and other interior damage. The code officer said the owner was previously given time to provide a detailed plan and a contractor and that the board had earlier granted a 60-day extension that would have made the compliance deadline fall before the July meeting. The officer told the board the owner had not provided the level of detail requested at the May hearing and recommended bringing the owner back to avoid losing jurisdiction over the case.
Jill Malone, who identified herself as the owner of 1605 Acosta Street, Grand Prairie, said her contractor had been in an accident and had sent only a partial plan. "I am so disappointed today because I don't have exactly what y'all were asking me for," Malone said, and described ongoing efforts to contact additional contractors and to pursue financing, including contacting her mortgage holder and an insurance company.
Board members focused on the roof as the primary outstanding repair. A staff member told the board, "It does not. No. But I think we'd be willing to give her until the next meeting based on her testimony." Following discussion, a board member moved to extend the time for the owner to provide a detailed plan to 11:59 p.m. on July 7 and to require her to appear at the July 7 meeting with the contractor plan. The motion was seconded and carried by a recorded vote of 7-0.
The extension retains the board's jurisdiction through July 7 and requires Malone to present a contractor's timeline and plan for the next 30, 60, 90 and 120 days. If no amendment is made to the order before the earlier July 4 deadline, the board warned it could lose authority to act without such an extension.
The board will revisit the property at its July 7 meeting; Malone must present the requested documentation then.
