City of Bowling Green, Kentucky

Citation Number:
2025-00006015

Date Issued:
Wed, May 7, 2025 3:25 PM

Status:
Final Order

Total Citation Amount:
$1,005.54

Name of Person Cited:
GO BIG OR GO HOME LLC

Property in Violation:
229 14TH AVE W
BOWLING GREEN KY 42101
PVA Parcel #: 039B15 081

Property Owner:
GO BIG OR GO HOME LLC
160 SKEES RD
BOWLING GREEN KY 421048751

Code Compliance Officer:
Brad Schargorodski

Inspection Date:
Wed, May 7, 2025 8:30 AM

Code:
IPMC 3.304.13.1 Glazing General Requirements / Exterior Structure / Window, Skylight & Door Frames

Code Description:
The exterior of a structure shall be maintained in good repair, structurally sound and sanitary so as not to pose a threat to the public health, safety or welfare. Every window, skylight, door and frame shall be kept in sound condition, good repair and weather tight. All glazing materials shall be maintained free from cracks and holes. There is at least one broken/boarded/missing window on a structure at this location.

Code:
IPMC 3.308.1 Accumulation of Rubbish or Garbage General Requirements / Rubbish & Garbage

Code Description:
All exterior property and premises, and the interior of every structure, shall be free from any accumulation of rubbish or garbage. There is an accumulation of rubbish/garbage outdoors on the property.

Code:
BGKY C27 27.4.02.a.6 Vacant Building Not Secured Property Code / Amendments to Property Maintenance Code / Unsafe / Problem Structures / Unsafe / Problem Structures Defined

Code Description:
An unsafe / problem structure is defined as a building or other structure that poses a nuisance or danger to the public, police department or fire department and includes, but is not limited to the definition in the International Property Maintenance Code, as well as the following: Any vacant building or structure not secured from entry or the elements. C27.5.02.a.b Compliance Time Period When an unsafe / problem structure, not in danger of structural collapse, has been closed and secured from entry and the elements by the property owner and the structure continues to remain closed and secured from entry and the elements by approved methods, it may remain standing in a safe condition for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of the condemnation, fire, or damage from other means, or the date of the release of the property from a governmental, criminal, fire or explosives investigation, at which time an application must have been made for a building permit to repair or for a demolition permit. If a building permit is requested and approved, repair or renovation work to bring the property into compliance must be completed within sixty (60) days of the date of the issuance of the permit. If a demolition permit is requested and approved, demolition must be initiated within five (5) days and must be completed within thirty (30) days of the date of the issuance of the demolition permit. C27.5.02.a.c Failure to Comply Failure of the property owner to obtain the required permit(s) in the specified time and/or to keep the structure closed and secured from entry shall constitute permission to an official, employee, or other authorized agent of the City to enter upon the property to remedy the situation and to abate the nuisance by demolition and removal of the unsafe / problem structure. The vacant building at this location is unsecured. Neighbors report children play in the building and have injured themselves inside. Additionally city inspectors observed a male inside causing damage to the structure. The property owner was given until 7pm to secure the structure before a city contractor will be sent by work order.

Code:
BGKY C27 27.5.03 Duty of Maintenance of Private Property Property Code / Nuisances

Code Description:
It shall be unlawful to place, leave, deposit or keep discarded and/or dilapidated items or objects, trash, garbage, junk and/or rubbish on any private property in the City. Such discarded and/or dilapidated items or objects, trash, garbage, junk and/or rubbish are declared to be a public nuisance. No person owning, leasing, occupying or having charge of any property or premises shall maintain or keep any nuisance thereon, nor shall any such person keep or maintain such property or premises in a manner which could cause a substantial reduction in the value of the other property in the area in which such property or premises are located. The property at this location is not maintained in good repair or in a manner conducive with those in the immediate area.

Code:
BGKY C27 27.5.05.b Accumulation of Construction, Demolition or Landscaping Debris Property Code / Nuisances / Certain Conditions Declared a Nuisance

Code Description:
All exterior property and premises shall be free from any accumulation of combustible and noncombustible waste materials, including any material resulting from maintenance, demolition, repair, alteration or construction of buildings, structures or grounds. Exterior property and premises shall be free from landscaping debris or natural damage of grounds, including but not limited to ashes, stones, glass, concrete, unused piles or bags of rock/mulch/soil, fallen trees, tree branches, limbs, brush and yard trimmings; There is an accumulation of construction/demolition and/or landscape debris on the premises. Please remove any and all construction/demolition/landscape debris.

Code:
BGKY C27 27.5.05.k Scattered garbage Property Code / Nuisances / Certain Conditions Declared a Nuisance

Code Description:
The throwing, placing or scattering of any garbage, rubbish, trash or other refuse over or upon any premises, or the allowing of any scattered garbage, rubbish, trash or other refuse to remain on a property. No refuse/trash shall be stored or accumulated in a manner that allows for blowing or scattering onto adjacent properties; There is garbage scattered on the premises. Please remove. Also please ensure that garbage and trash are properly disposed of to avoid scattering of rubbish/garbage.

Code:
BGKY C27 27.5.05.l Attractive nuisances

Code Description:
The allowing of any physical condition, use or occupancy of any property or premises to be an attractive nuisance to children, or for illicit purposes, crime, drugs and/or vagrancy, including, but not limited to abandoned buildings, vacant lots, wells, shafts, standing pools of water, sinkholes, basements, excavations, retaining walls, and unsafe fences. Refrigerators, freezers, ice chests, ice boxes or any similar airtight box or container at an outdoor location which has a locking device inoperable from within, shall first unhinge and remove the door or lid and detach the locking device from the door or lid. Refrigerators, freezers, ice chests, or ice boxes in use at an outdoor location shall be equipped with an exterior locking device to prevent unintended access; There is an open trench dug on the property that presents a hazard to the public and presents an attractive nuisance.