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Home My WebLink AboutIR 8747INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS To the Mayor and Members of the City Council �Yya SUBJECT: First Quarter Code Compliance Report NO. 874 February 7, 2006 Page 1 of 1 City Council has recently requested that the Code Compliance Department provide a quarterly report of activities. Attached is our first such report. It covers Fiscal Year 05106. The Code Compliance Department maintains statistical reports for identifying service demands, employee performance, trends, and strategic planning purposes. The department is in the process of changing its technology to provide more efficient and accurate collection and reporting of code enforcement data. The department currently utilizes the mainframe, CodeTrak, Excel, Access and similar systems to track code enforcement cases. This report is prepared utilizing data from manual (hand written logs), the mainframe, Codetrak and other sources. The limitations in this report resulting from the weaknesses in the current data collection processes will carry through the Second Quarter. Phase I of the department's new program, CodeOps, will roll out in the second quarter and be statistically functional by the end of the Third Quarter. This new program will greatly enhance the Department's reporting capabilities. kit As the CodeOps program develops, the Department will be able to better provide reporting information by Council District, Neighborhood Association, Model Blocks, Neighborhood Empowerment Zone and other similar boundaries. This report also includes an Executive Summary of how the Department is performing overall. If you have any questions about this report, please don't hesitate to call Carl Smart at 817 -392 -6345 or Libby Watson at 817 -392 -6183. Charles R. Boswell City Manager Attachment ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS I Code Compliance Department First Quarter Report Fiscal Year 05/06 41-11-1 N N 0 Executive Summa Field Operations has two superintendents, six supervisors, six customer service representatives and 38 officers divided into two divisions, East and West. Their enforcement responsibilities include vehicle regulations on private property, zoning regulation enforcement, high grass and weeds and a myriad of other environmental and health concerns. The first quarter of this year, in comparison to last year's first quarter, produced a lower volume of high grass and weed violations. This reduction is due to the drought conditions that the city has endured. The grass, once cut, simply has not grown back. Because of the drought, we have been able to focus our attentions on other issues in the neighborhoods thus allowing us to increase the number of general code citations issued by 394% and parking citations by 68%. This first quarter also brought a re-alignment of code officer boundaries into alignment with police officer patrol beats. This will be beneficial in a continuing partnership between Code Compliance and Police as well as being able to share reporting statistics. I MMM WHU [to . 1 0 . 0 1 3 The Special Projects Division of Code Compliance consists • one Superintendent, one Supervisor, five Officers, one Community Service Crew Leader and three support staff. Special Projects is working approximately six hundred seventy (670) cases. Special Projects is responsible for coordinating a Community Service work team, securing vacant and open structures, writing and serving warrants, performing title searches, nuisance properties. The Special Projects Division received sixty-six new substandard housing cases in the first quarter of fiscal year 2006. In the first quarter, eleven residential structures and one commercial building were demolished. Additionally, owners have repaired two structures and demolished four. Fifteen substandard structure Gases were presented to the Building Standards Commission as well as five nuisance cases in October and November. Seventy-one open and vacant structures were secured by the city while owners secured twenty-five. Thirty-two warrants were executed in the first quarter of this year and one hundred five title searches were completed. -1-d- ve Is • • �r • s 5 First Quarter 05/06 Violation Map Council District 2 - Salvador Espino OA 3 - Chuck Silcox 4 - Becky Haskin S - Donavan Wheatfall L d1 U 6 - --ungus Jordan 7 - Carter Burdette 8 - Kathleen Hicks EV 9 - Wendy Davis MD ��w I — IF r t� r 0 R 0 First Quarter 04/05 Violation Map Z� � Go 11ri ti All Code Compliance violations in the 1st Qtr FY04 -45 E � per square mile s I Me mim Bench Mark lst Quarter 05/06 1 st Quarter-, 04/05 Inspections • Knocks Citizen Initiated Cases *fficer Initiated Cases Abatements Junk Motor Vehicles Identified *wner Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations City Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations Sqns Removed General Citations Issued Parking Citations Issued 0 Field Operations Violation Types Bench Mark 1 st Quarter 05/06 1st Quarter 04/05 Change Environmental Violations 7,055 5,171 +36% Cart Violations 6,011 1,066 +464% Vehicle Violations 3,762 2,908 +29% Illegal Dumping Violations 1,683 1,012 +66% Zoning Violations 1,583 1,164 +36% Bulk Waste Violations 1,494 546 +174% Nuisance Violations 683 555 +23% Hi h Grass and Weed Violations 305 1,922 -84% Bag Outside of Cart Violations 280 1,817 -85% Animal Violations 166 120 +38% First Quarter 05/06 Violation Types in Environmental Violations ■ Cart Violations ❑ Vehicle Violations ❑ Illegal Dumping Violations ■ Zoning Violations ■ Bulk Waste Violations ■ Nuisance Violations ❑ High Grass and Weed Violations 0 Bag Outside of Cart Violations ■ Animal Violations GI First Quarter 05/06 Violation Map Minimum Building Standards Division Cases per sq mi 0 -1 2-4 5 -7 5 -11 CD 12- 16 N � 17 - 21 22 - 27 4029-35 4w 36-49 t Council District 2 - Salvador Espino 3 - Chuck Silcox 0 4 - Becky Haskin 5 - Donavan Wheatfall n 0 6 - Jungus Jordan 0 7 - Carter Burdette 8 - Kathleen Hicks 9 - Wendy Davis All Minimum Building Standards " Violations in the 1st Quarter of W+E FY05 -06 per square mile S r fa Minimum Buildina Standards Substandard # • r Sum Bench Mark 1 st Quarter 1st Quarter Change 05106 04105 New Substandard cases: • Single Family residences 404 347 +16% • Two Family residences 24 25 -4% • Three to seven residences 23 4 +475% • Accessory buildings 114 51 +124% • Commercial buildings 47 38 +24% Follow up inspections: • Single Family residences 1,563 1,903 -18% • Two Family residences 180 143 +26% • Three to sevens residences 124 92 +35% • Accessory buildings 499 485 +3% • Commercial buildings 218 221 Substandard repaired by owner: • Single Family residences 170 276 -38% • Two,family residences 14 13 +8% • Three to sevens residences 12 8 +50% • Accesso �m s 23 58 -60% • Commercial buildings 19 29 -34% Substandard raze b owner- • S��le Fami residences 11 5 +120 • T Faly re�dnces • Three o sevens redences 1 0 2 0 -50 0 • Acces buldn2 18 +78% • Commercial buildings 2 3 -33 m Bench Mark 1 st Quarter 05106 I st Quarter 04105 Change Registered complexes: 498 494 +1% Scheduled periodic inspections: 60 77 -22% • Passed 57 76 -25% • Passed marginally 10 10 0% • Failed 3 1 +200% New Service requests: 535 431 +24% General complaint citations issued: 15 25 I Am I 1111, - ON NJ VJ &A I Bench Mark 73T -1 t—,u aT M F- 05106 1 st Quarter 04/05 i. Substandard Received 66 Demolished by CLwner oil. Demolished by City • -42% -`i. ire q_py Owiler -63% Structures Taken to Building Standards-- Commission Received Nuisances 'Abated by Owner Cleaned by City Nuisances Taken to Building Standards Commission Received Vacant/Open 'Secured by Owner Secured bx/ rity 7-- 13 = Report 2005-2006 Oct-05 Nov-05 Dec-05 1st –dir- New Cases New Housing Cases from MBSD 33 14 17 66 New Vacant and Open from MBSD 28 54 47 129 New Nuisance cases from Field Operations Northwest District 4 2 2 8 Northeast District 2 0 0 2 East District 11 6 4 21 Southeast District 10 11 36 57 Southwest District 1 2 4 7 West District 2 1 0 3 Building Standards Commission New Substandard Cases Presented 9 6 0 15 New Nuisance Cases Presented 2 3 0 5 Civil Penalties Assessed* $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0 Administrative Civil Penalties Assessed $1,630.00 $4,050.00 $0.00 $5,680.00 Work In Progress Cases 11 14 0 25 Abatements 1 7 0 8 Substandard Structures Number of Substandard Cases in SPD 673 658 676 Avg Demolished by City-Residential 2 8 1 Demolished by City-Commercial 1 0 0 Residential Demolition Cost $4,393.00 $18,295.80 $1,224.00 $23,912.80 Commercial Demolition Cost $6,000.00 $0.00 $0.00 $6,000.00 Demolished by Owner 1 3 0 4 Repaired by Owner 2 1 3 6 Work in Progress 660 645 675 Avg 660 Vacant and Open Structures Structures Secured by City 11 42 18 71 Securing Cost $6,331.61 $9,258.63 $1,231.04 $16,821.28 Structures Secured by Owner 1 16 13 30 Secured within 15 Da s 17 13 43 Cases —Nuisance Abated b y qqyl 9 10 2 21 Abatement Cost $4,214,00 $6,678.00 $0.00 $10,892,00 Abated by Owner 1 1 1 31 Search waffants Requested Field Operations ---------------- 77 ---------------------- 0 --- t-0 7 SPD 15 13 4 32 Warrants Executed 15 13 4 32 Title Searches Searches Requested 39 65 20 124 Searches Cornet ed 39 _._47 19 105 COMMENTS- Me Reg fing Chvg PeradbesMseess in gard ist. Qtr 0-5-06 T e cam tv se set f I or IN g 0 c-tritwar was continued untff Ncv ern ber aid wais then remandled batck-. to staff. There vmre no Civil Penalties assess in December since, there %es m. me-efing in Decemtwor, Therefore, no Civill Penalties AeXe assessed for the 1st Quarter of FY-05-06, 3 Special Projects Division Council District Comparison First Quarter (04 -05 05 -06} 14 ,sue V 04- 05- 04- 05- 04- 05- 04- 105- 04- 05- 04- 04- 04- 05 06 05 06 05 06 05 06 05 06 05 105- 06 05 105- 06 05 105- 06 Substandard Building Cases 1 9 0 3 3 0 9 6 0 0 20 13 21 31 6 4 Buildings Demolished by Owner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 Buildings Demolished by City 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 3 4 3 3 0 Buildings Repaired by Owner 4 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 4 1 2 2 1 0 Buildings Taken to Building Standards Commission 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 2 3 6 1 1 Nuisances Cases Opened 25 8 10 5 23 9 31 16 16 8 25 5 55 59 4 9 Nuisance Cases Abated by Owner 5 1 1 0 7 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 Nuisance Cases Cleaned by Ci 5 1 6 1 12 1 19 1 8 4 9 2 39 1 5 0 Nuisance Cases Taken to Building Standards Commission 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 New Unsecured Cases 5 14 1 0 1 9 27 31 0 1 16 27 34 44 4 5 Buildings Secured by Owner 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 11 0 0 0 8 4 4 0 3 Buildings Secured by City 4 6 1 0 0 4 20 14 0 0 9 13 25 32 4 2 15 Council District 2 Councilmember Salvador Espino Fiscal Year 05/06: First Quarter Summary by Council District 11-1- �4 First Quarter 05/06 Violation Ma Council District 2 +�► 326 - a65 L �` U r---- I� �e a Fj d Council District 0 2 - Salvador Espino 0 3 - Chuck Silcox 0 4 - Becky Haskin 0 5 - Donavan Wheatfall 0 6 - Jungus 3ordan 0 7 - Carter Burdette 8 - Kathleen Hicks 9 - Wendy Davis 16 All Code Compliance violations N in the 1st Qtr F` 05 -46 w f E per square mile s 17 Field Operations Sum I'le Council District 2 Bench Mark 1 st Quarter lst Quarter Change Inspections 5,005 3,199 +56% Stop and Knocks 644 847 +24% Citizen Initiated Cases 642 308 +108% Officer Initiated Cases 2,360 1,064 +122% Abatements 1,961 1,371 +43% Junk Motor Vehicles Identified 285 89 +220% Owner Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations 116 98 +18%— City Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations 3 5 -40% Signs Removed 562 143 +293% General Citations Issued 226 34 +565% Parking Citations Issued 81 100 -19% In Special Projects Division Summ Council District 2 Bench Mark iLtmm I st Quarter ji 05/06 1 st Quarter 04/05 JiMMO VOIN N 19 Council District 3 Councilmember Chuck Silcox Fiscal Year 05106: First Quarter Summary by Council District � /ate ZO First Quarter 05106 Violation Ma Council District 3 21 �� 11 �� lipliq Pill! 11, 1� 11,111111, U ; I I I: ill I Ill linji-Itt-I Council District 3 Bench Mark 1 st Quarter 05106* I st Quarter 04105* Change Inspections 2,806 2,372 +18% Stop and Knocks 472 688 -31% Citizen Initiated Cases 661 438 +51% Officer Initiated Cases 821 561 +46% Abatements 1,243 950 +31% Junk Motor Vehicles Identified 55 72 -24% Owner Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations 29 54 -46% City Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations 2 2 0% Signs Removed 78 175 -55% General Citations Issued 68 11 +518% Parking Citations Issued 14 6 +133% *Approximate A w rd Special PrPiects Division Summ Council District 3 W, 1 st Quarter 05/06 04/05 Substandard Received 3 Demolishe• i ; wner ,!Demolished b Citv Repaired by Owner Structures Taken to Building Standards Commission Received Nuisances Abated by Owner Cleaned by Cqy_ Nuisances Taken to Building Standards Commission Received Vacant/Open Secured by Owner Secured by City 23 Council District 4 Councilmember Becky Haskins Fiscal Year 05106: First Quarter Summary by Council District real 24 First Quarter 05/06 Violation Ma Council District 4 ;0-5 Council District 406-15 c� 2 - Salvador Espino 4016-30 � 3 - Chuck Silcox djjl> 31 - 65 � 4 - Becky Haskin 66- 125 5 - Donavan Wheatfall g� 126- 180 6 - Jungus Jordan 41a 181 - 250 7 - Carter Burdette 4M 251 - 325 8 - Kathleen Hicks 4M 326 - 465 co 9 - Wendy Davis w ` # # Mulk- DIV• # � i Bench Mark 1 st Quarter 05106* 1st Quarter 041{}5* Change Inspections 4,308 3,976 +8% Stop and Knocks 1,217 895 +36% Citizen Initiated Cases 513 452 +13% Officer Initiated Cases 2,049 1,225 +67% Abatements 1,648 1,602 +3% Junk Motor Vehicles Identified 234 86 +172% Owner Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations 130 94 +38% City Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations 10 5 +100% Signs Removed 469 356 +32% General Citations Issued 142 30 +373% Parking Citations Issued 110 49 +124% W Awl Bench Mark 1 st Quarter 05/06 1 st Quarte r 04 f Substandard i` of Demolished by_qwner Demolished by Repaired by Owner -300t t Structures Taken to Building • r f Commission + t t Received Nuisances -61% f r r• f Abated t Cleaned f ; * t Nuisances Taken to Building • . f Commission i • ! t t Received Vac �•a ■�■ ��t� Secured • Owner Secured by City ®1■� •�t r 27 Council District 5 Councilmember Donavan Wheatfall Fiscal Year 05/06: First Quarter Summary by Council District uhr First Quarter 05106 Violation Ma Council District 5 I -'s* ,20 U i Council District 2 - Salvador Espino 3 - Chuck Silcox 4 - Becky Haskin 5 - Donavan wheatwl 6 - )ungus Jordan 7 - Carter Burdette 8 - Kathleen Hicks c@ 9 - Wendy Davis All Code Compliance violations N in the 1st Qtr FY05-06 W+ E per square mile S 28 m 0 1 11111 1111- Fill 71 I'll i • . 1 i Bench Mark 1 st Quarter 45106* 1st Quarter 44105' Change Inspections 8,843 9,762 -9% Stop and Knocks 2,348 2,515 -7% Citizen Initiated Cases 1,055 1,314 -20% Officer Initiated Cases 3,045 2,845 +7% Abatements 2,899 3,811 -24% Junk Motor Vehicles Identified 305 412 -26% Owner Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations 258 340 -24% City Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations 12 24 -50% Signs Removed 249 799 -69% General Citations Issued 170 51 +233% Parking Citations Issued 147 82 +79 a on Special Projects Division Sum Council District 5 HE • • 1 st Quarter 04/05 WAMII I pMM F19 Un- optil - 0 IN NTS 0 =A- Elio F.I.Tmarol: 0 1 0 -100% 31 Council District 6 Councilmember Jungus Jordan Fiscal Year 05/06: First Quarter Summary by Council District M' N First Quarter 05/06 Violation Ma Council District 6 �0 -5 4M6-15 16 - 30 31 -65 66 -125 126 - 180 181- 250 4M 251- 325 4M 326 - 465 4i Ili r.� �i 3� w Cour kcil District 2 - Salvador Espino 3 - C hud< Silcox 4 - Bed<y Haskin 5 - Donavan Wheatfall 6 - 3ungus .)ordan 7 - Garter Burdette 8 - Kathleen Hicks 9 - Wendy Davis do All Code Compliance violations N il&- in the 1st Qtr FY05 -45 w per square mile s 32 w Council Pistrict 6 Bench Mark 1 st Quarter 05/06* 1st Quarter 04/05* Change Inspections 3,755 2,984 +26% Stop and Knocks 1,183 788 +50% Citizen Initiated Cases 674 245 +175% Officer Initiated Cases 1,162 524 +122% Abatement- 1,627 1,141 +43% Junk Motor Vehicles Identified 47 53 -11% Owner Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations 36 52 -31% City Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations 0 0 0% Signs Removed 0 25 -100% General Citations Issued 15 3 +400% Parking Citations Issued 35 9 +289% *Approximate 0 Ads m Bench Mark 1 1 st Quarter 05/06 1 1 st Quarter 04/05 SK91"FIC61=1 Substandard Received 0 Demolished by Owner 0 Demolished b Citv I Y Repaired by Owner Structures Taken • Building Standards Commission Received Nuisances Abated by Owner 'Cleaned by City Nuisances Taken to Building Standards Commission Received Vacant/open Secured by Owner Secured by City 35 Council District 7 0 Councilmember Carter Burdette Fiscal Year 05/06: First Quarter Summary by Council District L First Quarter 05/06 Violation Ma Council District 7 Council District [! 2 - Salvador Espino 3 - Chuck Silcox —. 0 -5 4 - Becky Haskin 5 - Donavan Wheatfall 6 - Junes Jordan [ 7 - Carter Burdette - 8 - Kathleen Hicks dF 9 - Wendy Davis J AN w AN U-1- All Code Compliance violations N in the 1st Qtr FY05 -06 w e per square mile S 36 —. 0 -5 6 - 15 ° 16 - 30Jr - 31 -65 _s 66 - 125 126 - 180., 181 - 250 251 -325 326 - 465 J AN w AN U-1- All Code Compliance violations N in the 1st Qtr FY05 -06 w e per square mile S 36 37 Council District 7 Bench Mark 1 st Quarter lst Quarter Change Inspections 5,719 4,033 +42% Stop and Knocks 623 1,154 -46% Citizen Initiated Cases 1,011 500 +102% Officer Initiated Cases 2,266 1,190 +90% Abatements 2,356 1,690 +39% Junk Motor Vehicles Identified 247 131 +89% Owner Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations 101 116 -13% City Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations 3 6 -50% — Signs Removed 462 241 +92% General Citations Issued 230 35 +557% Parking Citations Issued 56 81 -31% Ad w w Bench Mark 1 st Quarter 05/06 7M, U917 Tr 04/05 Substandard Received Demolished by, Owner Dernolishe�y_ Re )aired _P�wn�er Structures Taken to Building Standards Commission Received Nuisances Abated by_pmer Cleaned bv Citv 'Nuisances Taken to Building Standards Commission Received Vacant/Open i Secured by Pwner Secured by City 39 Council District 8 Councilmember Kathleen Hicks Fiscal Year 05/06: First Quarter Summary by Council District G 5 40 First Quarter 05/06 Violation Ma Council District 8 s s r FIE Council f � Bench Mark 1 st Quarter 05106 1 st Quarter 04105* Change Inspections 8,493 6,177 +37% Stop and Knocks 2,360 1,549 +52% Citizen Initiated Cases 871 641 +36% Officer Initiated Cases 2,702 2,090 +29% Abatements 2,592 1,984 +31% Junk Motor Vehicles Identified 169 296 -43% Owner Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations 121 312 -61% City Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations 4 16 -75% Signs Removed 94 268 -65% General Citations Issued 79 23 +243% Parking Citations Issued 159 45 +253% I E O Im ' ►J, • • ` _ 05/06 Quarter 04/05 . i bUbstandard Received s i Demolished by Qwner Demolished i 'I�r��1, k Structures Taken to Building !. t Commission • ii', Received Nuisances • Abated by Owner Cleaned by • • F 14—uisances Taken to Building !. i Commission Received Vacant/Open Secured by O�wner_-- Secured by City i t 43 Council District 9 Councilmember Wendy Davis Fiscal Year 05/06: First Quarter Summary by Council District rr 0 ANN First Quarter 05/06 Violation Ma 0- 5 • - 30 31- 65 66 -125 126 - 180 250 4M 251- 325 Council District 9 All Code Compliance violations N in the 1st Qtr FY05-06 w E per square mile + S UJI Council District 0 2 - Salvador Espino 3 - Chuck Silcox 4 - Becky Haskin 5 - Donavan Wheat] • - Jungus 3ordan Carter Burdette 8 - Kathleen Hicks i dp • - Wendy Davis All Code Compliance violations N in the 1st Qtr FY05-06 w E per square mile + S UJI 45 Field Operations Sum Council District 9 Bench Mark 1 st Quarter 05/06* 1 st Quarter 04/05* Change Inspections 2,122 1,526 +39% Stop and Knocks 559 392 +43% Citizen Initiated Cases 318 183 +74% Officer Initiated Cases 707 444 +59% Abatements 788 538 +46% Junk Motor Vehicles Identified 46 50 -8% Owner Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations 25 54 -54% City Abated Junk Motor Vehicle Violations 1 3 -67% Signs Removed 60 74 -19% General Citations Issued 31 6 +417 Parking Citations Issued 34 8 +325 *Approximate 0 0 M Council District 9 Bench Mark st Quarter 05/06 I st Quarte 04/05 Substandard Received Demolished by_pwner- Demolished by_q!y Repaired by Owner Structures Taken to Building Standards Commission yRR Received Nuisances Abated by Owner Cleaned by City Nuisances Taken to Building Standards Commission Received Vacant�Open Secured by Owner Secured by City