2226 GRAND AVE 2016-01-01 MF Import

To Robert Scheller. Fire Ma�ahal ��-��I (� r � � � ' � Bruce Hanaen, Aea't. F�..: Marshal � �! �� HVe7P� i iqOM fY.S:��/�"-��l i n i D�TE July 25. i991 ,� ---..---�� ✓ UU JU � �..._.__._ ._ ..._.._.. ... _ sue�ect Un-Snepected 4-plex�, ... 2226 Grand �� CITY \ -_J��TYOFEVEREII,EVEPETTW�SMINGION Pu��IC I hed an occaeion yesterday tu have overheard a com•ersation vhere one lady aeked enother lady if ahe knev of a eober female vha needed to rent a room vith a group of other sober femelea. Thie lady !e auppoaedly in a group vhich renta a large 1-bedroom house in Everett !n rhlch each room !e rented ou[. She said thls is a 3-etary houee � wlth a loft area Sn vhich the ovner recently converted to a bedroom or �Inore bedroome. � She said the accese to thie 3rd etory loft sleeping area ie by one of those interior 3 pull-dovn from [he ceiling�vood laddere. I told her I was concerned from a iife safety � wtandpoint; i.e. 2nd ezlt requlred if 3 staries, fSre alerm requlred if 3 etorfea, vork probebly done vithouc permit and approval, etc. She eaid the house was ovned by Jim Thompeon, but would not tell me the addrees as ahe vas afraid I was going to have her klcked ouC. When I gueesed that i[ might be a house on Grand Ave., ehe eaid I vas close. Laureen eearched our recorde for inpectione on nny Jim 7'hompeon ovned places. There vae only one, whlch vae for the Texaco atation et 3100 Everetc Ave. Then I checked vith utility bi111ng for any 11m Thompeon; [hey replied [ha[ [hey had a J. R. Thompson at � 2226 Crand. I looked et thie place today vlth Snepector A1 Vroman and thls Sa a 4-plex 2-story vood bullding with baeement. There are 4 different addressea on this one building: 2226. 2226�5. 2228, 2228k. Ve have no lnepection recorde on thls place. One of the tenante we contacted eaid ehe had a smoke detector (she didn't knov if it vorked), but no fire ex[inguleher. She aleo eaid she hae replaced about 30 llght bulbs :n the laet fev months, and that eome work had been done in the dormetairs apartment, but that it vasn't right ae the electrical ouUete vere all teal loose. There Se aleo an unfinished basement locked large room full of combustible storage and electrical viring hanging dovn from [he ceiling. Additionally, there Ss e laundry room facility ad�acent to [his area Sn the unfiniehed baeemen[. No fire extinguieher, no mecal can vith lid, no shcetrock ceiling, etc. �Tenan[ also said tfiere are no fire extingaiahers in the buildl.ng. The most recent recorda in the Building Dept ehav a permit Sesued [o ovner .lim 'fhompson I-17-81 (over 10 years ago) tot a house meter. 'fhe sign in the front yard reede: Thompeon'e Home 6 Apt. Ren[e18 phone 659-0404. Tenant says hie mail.ing nddrese Ss: P.O. Box 5616, Everett, Wa. 98206. The building valkway, eidevalk, and back acepe appear [o be in poor shape. There !e a large accumulatian of trash 6 garbege on the bnck porchwaye. Some of the traeh vae throvn out there by a tenant vho moved oat; the ovner von't clean it up and told the tenen[ upetaite vho only paye {500 a month rent thet ahe could clean up the downetaire gerbege end meea if it bo[hered her This vee not the 3-etory 7-bedroom house I vae looking fot but ie another one yet that neede our attention 6 the Houeing Snepector'e. Tenen[ eaid that ,lim 1'hompeon is auppoee to ovn 20 "homee" !n Everett I think ve have a problem here; not to eey hov aggravated I em about finding enother apertmen[ building whlch hee never been Snepected vhlle one a fev housee awey on the eame block hae. `� $,�,� Ta+r.JFw�..N�'77�i�'�+T�'�� - � ��'r te »�0 TR..!-�tfaUCeQ1�o ns �i��