Public officer orders immediate repair or demolition at 5017 Trescot Drive

Nicholas Bradshaw, the public officer designated by the mayor, ordered the immediate repair or demolition of an accessory structure at 5017 Trescot Drive following a city inspection Friday.

Scott Elder, neighborhood codes enforcement manager for the City of Knoxville, told the hearing the addition was erected without permits or inspections and constructed from mixed materials and tarps, creating a structurally unsound condition and recurring nuisance complaints. Elder said staff requested "an immediate repair demolition order for this addition" and that the property owner appeared to be dismantling parts of the addition when staff last observed it.

Bradshaw said he found the accessory structure "out of compliance with the codes of the city of Knoxville, an attractive nuisance, and ... dangerous and injurious to the health and safety" of occupants and the public, and ordered the owner to repair or demolish the accessory structure immediately. He warned that if the owner fails to take corrective action the city may placard the structure as unfit, vacate and close it, or cause immediate repair or demolition and recover the cost as a lien under city code.

The hearing record shows staff provided photos and nuisance complaint history as the basis for the order. The officer’s written order and any further administrative steps were not read into the record beyond the declarations at the hearing.