Item 9
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September 8, 2004
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor
and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jim Hanso
City Manavar
SUBJECT: City Manag 's Report
AGENDA ITEM #9
SEPTEMBER 13, 2004
~"""' Palms Apartments, 100 Mayport Road; Based upon some work done jointly with the city
Police Department, the city's Building Inspector found that several of the unoccupied units at the
Palms Apartments located at 100 Mayport Road did not meet city building standards for
~"' maintenance. In many of the units, the hot water heaters, plumbing, windows, doors and roofs
need replacing or repairs. Additionally, the apartments did not have smoke detectors. Some of
the vacant units had been broken into by vagrants and illegal activity had been conducted. The
""~ city's Building Department had cited 16 of the vacant units as unsafe for human habitation and
ordered the utilities disconnected until the owner makes extensive repairs.