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Bayview residents press DBI to act on long-vacant 'Bishop Blight' building at 4801 Third Street
Summary
Multiple Bayview residents urged the Building Inspection Commission to force action at 4801 Third Street, a long-vacant structure residents say is an eyesore and public-safety hazard. Speakers cited repeated DBI notices, waived fines, and requested the new commission leadership prioritize enforcement.
Residents and community organizations from Bayview on March 21 addressed the Building Inspection Commission urging more aggressive action on a long-vacant, deteriorating building at 4801 Third Street (identified in public comment as the 'Bishop Blight Building').
Shane Mayer, representing Bayview residents, told the commission the structure has been an eyesore for more than two decades and that efforts to improve the surrounding plaza were undermined by the building’s condition; he urged DBI to place the property at the top of its agenda. Anne De Jesus and other neighbors described safety and criminal-activity concerns that they say stem from the building’s condition and cited instances where fines were allegedly waived (an amount of about $6,000 was mentioned in public remarks).
Robert Davis presented a spreadsheet the public distributed claiming more than 10,500 open notices of violation citywide since 1994 and a subset of hundreds of vacant-building citations; he estimated millions in uncollected fees if vacant-building multipliers and registration fees were applied consistently. Other speakers pressed DBI about the coordination among DBI, DPW and the Department of Public Health and whether enforcement and handoffs are working.
DBI officials acknowledged persistent challenges with enforcement workload and interagency coordination and noted the department’s limited tools and revenue sources for certain abatement actions; Commissioners asked staff to return with a code-enforcement agenda item and data on repeat offenders and enforcement outcomes.
The commission did not adopt immediate enforcement action at the meeting but agreed to follow up in future sessions and requested status updates on code enforcement and blight-handling procedures.
