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Knoxville public officer orders repairs and affirms boarding charges for multiple properties; administrative fee waived in one contested case
Summary
The City of Knoxville public officer ordered 60-day repair deadlines for several dangerous structures and affirmed boarding charges for a string of properties at a hearing Jan. 30; an administrative fee was waived after an owner disputed the city’s June 5 boarding at 5800 Parkdale Road.
Nicholas Bradshaw, the public officer designated by the mayor, ordered owners to repair multiple structures found out of compliance with Knoxville codes and affirmed several boarding actions at a Jan. 30 public hearing.
Bradshaw read into the record the scope of his authority and the city’s adopted technical codes, then heard staff presentations from Scott Elder, neighborhood codes enforcement manager, on a series of cases. For 3030 Woodbine Avenue, Elder described ‘‘significant deterioration of the floor framing,’’ rotted sill and floor joists, exposed electrical wiring and ‘‘improperly’’ supported wood decks attached to metal posts, and requested a 60-day repair order focused on the decks. After owner Lee Jackson described his chosen support method and said he was working to supply permit documentation, Bradshaw found the structure out of compliance and…
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