Code "Enforcement" = Nuisance Preservation

John here.

Code nonEnforcement first wrote Alverson for "Accumulations" (of trash) on March 30, 2009, 894 days ago.  More recently they wrote him (the fifteenth time) on July 5, 67 days ago.  On July 26, they marked the "Accumulations" "complied;" the same day they sent him a 2d Notice (sixteenth writing) for the "Accumulations."  (Your tax dollars at "work.")  On August 15th they sent yet another 2d Notice (no. seventeen).

Today, we still have those "Accumulations."

 (The toilet and tire are particularly attractive.  As are the open containers that are breeding mosquitos.)

Then we have some new ones.

Code first wrote Alverson for "Soundness" (in this case, paint and minor structural repairs) on September 22, 2009, 718 days ago.  More recently they wrote him (for the seventh time) on July 5 and sent 2d Notices on July 26 (number eight) and August 15 (nine).  As of yesterday, the "Action File Recap" at the City's kiosk showed that they extended the deadline to "have time to get this homeowner into the diversionary program."  There is no notation as to why they did not do this two years ago.  For sure, the place remains an eyesore.

We recall in passing that Code wrote Alverson this year for raw sewage on the ground on Feb 16 and April 18.  They did not bother to write the July sewage incident that brought out the Environmental Protection Commission, which got the sewage cleaned up and the plumbing fixed in less than a week.  That effective behavior poses a nice contrast to Code nonEnforcement which has spent over two years preserving the nuisance at 6003.

Here is the pivot table by violation from my summary of the Action File Recap that goes back to March 22, 2006:

And the feckless fools at Code nonEnforcement have the nerve to tell Carolyn she will have to be "patient."

So Steve and Katie at 6001 and Carolyn at 6005 and their neighbors, who pay their taxes, must be "patient" and suffer this assault upon their health and property values while the City protects Alverson, who pays neither taxes nor water bills.  Meanwhile, the City thumps its chest about "Green Tampa (pdf)."