Description
For more than one year a recreational vehicle has been parked and lived in like two adults and two children at 5320 for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North. This property is owned by partner properties LLC and was rezoned commercial several years ago. The RV has been plugged in for more than one year to the electricity at 5230 dr. Martin Luther King Junior St., North. The 5230 address is the home of Vivian R.Huston, A senior citizen.
There are at least one half dozen vehicles on the two properties and trash and garbage throughout.The backyard has been fenced and there are questions by the neighbors as to what is going on in the 5320 backyard since the fence is disproportionately more expensive than the property it sits upon and the poor upkeep of the home and front yard of this senior citizen.
The RV and the condition of the property are deteriorating property values in the Franklin Heights neighborhood. I believe that there are city ordinances in place but do not allow people to live in trailers on residential property and commercial property that is not zoned for such a use. A message and phone call to the partner properties LLC agent did not result in any response last July. We believe that a commercial property may not have a residential use such as recreational vehicle use as a home. If the property owner is collecting rent this would not be in line with proper zoning that was secured when the property was sold several years ago.
In addition there is some fear among some neighbors that Ms. Huston being taken advantage of as a senior by the residents of the RV and this may be a case of elder abuse with access to her life savings and any social security checks she may be receiving in light of the new fencing and the numerous new cars that have appeared. There are multiple a ATV type vehicles old rusty trailers and just garbage throughout these two properties around the RV trailer.
also asked...
A. Zoning violation
4 Comments
ADIは、 Customer Support (Verified Official)
Update from the Codes Compliance Department: a case has already been opened and is being investigated for this reported address, 5324 Dr ML King Jr St N. Any further updates or action will be handled by the Codes department. To track the status of this case, or to find contact information for the assigned investigator, click here:
https://actiononline.stpete.org/Click2GovCE/casesearch.html?caseYear=16&caseNumber=2373
or call 727-893-7373 and refer to case number 16-2373
Customer Support (Verified Official)
Update from Codes: as a follow-up to the inquiry regarding any allegation of elder abuse, you would need to report that to the State agency that has jurisdiction over that type of complaint - unfortunately the City has no direct involvement in that area. The Florida Department of Elder Affairs works in conjunction with the Department of Children and Families division of Adult Protective Services to investigate reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Please call them directly instead of posting here as they will need the details of the allegation. More information may be found here:
http://elderaffairs.state.fl.us/doea/report_abuse.php
The Codes case provided above remains active and under investigation at this time.
Greg Cahanin (Guest)
I submitted a separate response and its just not posted. A disappointing response that says the mayors office does not care about elder abuse. Some 'staffer' phoned and only gave his first name like we were friends and wanted to pass the buck back to me to make the report. I pointed out the codes compliance investigator in speaking to the elderly woman would be better equipped to assist.
Oh and the re inspection was on the 29th, the trailer is still there and well....lets see the continuing bumblingn and mumbling by the pretty voices at city hall that consider any response- even if its a response that has no content- a good response.
Customer Support (Verified Official)
This issue has been marked as a duplicate of issue 2301645.
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