6012 CADY RD 2016-01-01 MF Import

• � I Ted Budden From: Ted Budden Sent: Thursday, June O6, 2013 3 00 PM To: Cynthia �.eirsey Cc: Tony Lee; JeN Hedman SubJect: RE 6012 Cady Road, illegal basement garage conversion to dwelling Hi Cindy, Thanks for setting up the inspection at 6012 Cady Road this PM. I concur wrth your findings that the basement has area of the building been altered for use as a separate apartment without the required permits and approvals. Several code violations and sa(ety concems were observed during our visit. Here is a summary o(our(indings. 1. The two apartmen[s lack the required one hour fire resistive separation as required by code. 2. The basement apartment lacks a side hinged egress door. 3.The exterior entry to the basemen:apartment has a steeply sloped ramp/walkway that fs steeper than the code allows for this use. 4. The basement headroom is lower than the code minimum clearence. 5. The basement sl��eping rooms lack the code required egress and rescue openings. 6. Smoke alarms were not provfded in the basement area. 7. Some portions of the basement lack a required heat source,the balance of the basement shares its heat source with the upper apartments furnace system which is prohibfted by cade. 8. An unsafe and unapproved chimney and woodstove installation was observed in the upper apartment unit.This unsafe chimney passes through a baby's bedroom closet.This installation is a severe Tire hazard and should not be used. These are the mafn observable code violatfons and safety ha:ards that were noted.This summary shoutd not be considered a complete list of all the defects and code violatlons that likely exist. As you already know we have posted the building with an Unlawful Structure placard as outlined in the IPMC. I recommend that the building be vacated ASAP and not reoccupied until approved by thfs department. Regards. Ted Budden From: Cynthia Keirsey Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 4:36 PM To: Ted Budden; leH Heilman Subjeet: 6012 Cady Road, illegal basement garage conversion to dwelling Ted, I responded to the house at 6012 Cady Road.The basement garage was converted to a two bedroom apartment unit. The unit has the typical violations including lack of egress windows, smoke detectors, heat in one bedroom and heating appliances in the same space as the bedroom.The main panel and a sub panel are in the basement unit and not accessible to the upstairs tenants in case of an electrical emergency. I attached a few pictures. The downstairs tenant will let you in to do an inspection sometime next week. Please let me know what your week looks like. I told him probably later in the week. I can call him Monday to set up the inspection. Cindy K