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FINDINGS OF FACT 1. Jason Humphries is the owner of record,of the property located at 5929 Dexter Avenue, Everett,Washington. (Exhibit#5, Snohomish County Assessors Records) 2. On March 2,2010,Code Officer Tamra Gregory investigated a complaint regarding the condition of the property at 5929 Dexter Avenue. She observed several junk vehicles on the property, as well as a large quantity of construction debris and assorted household items strewn about the yard. She further observed that there was what appeared to be construction work occurring on the structure. During the course of Code Officer Gregory's inspection the Respondent arrived and she had a conversation with him. Mr. Humphries admitted that he was aware of the violations present on the property and he outlined his plan for the elimination of the violations. (Exhibits 4.11-1k, Photos dated March 2, 2010) 3. On March 4, 2010, Code Officer Gregory prepared and mailed a warning letter to the Respondent outlining the violations which were present and directed that the violations be corrected by April 2,2010. (Exhibit #6, Warning letter dated March 4, 2010) 4. On May 4, 2010, Code Officer Gregory conducted a follow-up inspection of the property. Although she noted some minor improvement,most of the violations were still present. Code Officer Gregory sent an c-mail to lead building Inspector Ted Budden requesting that they conduct an inspection of the property. (Exhibit #7, Email from Code Officer Gregory to Inspector Budden) 5. On May 5,2010 lead building Inspector,Ted Budden,conducted an inspection of the property. He observed that there was framing and wiring and siding construction taking place and that due to the obviously poor quality of the work, and he found there had been no permits issued for this activity. Inspector Budden posted a Stop-work Order on the structure. He conducted a search of his departments' records and confirmed that there were no permits sought or issued for this property. Inspector Budden sent an e-mail back to Code Officer Tamra Gregory with his findings and requested that enforcement action be taken. (Exhibit # 7, Email response from Inspector Budden dated May 5, 2010) (Testimony of Mr. Budden) 6. On May 7,2010, Code Officer Kevin Fagerstrom was assigned to this case and he conducted a follow-up inspection at the Property. Code Officer Fagerstrom noted that the Stop-Work Order had been removed. He saw that the black Chevrolet sedan was still parked in the front driveway and that it was unlicensed and clearly incapable of running. Code Officer Fagerstrom saw and photographed that construction work was still occurring and that there was still construction debris and household items strewn about the yard. He later checked the City's Permit- �� F5 2f