#23239782

Subject: Overgrown Vegetation Blight, Utility Line Hazard, and Lack of Defensible Space (OMC § 8.24.020 & OMC Ch. 15.12) Description: The property owner has failed to maintain exterior vegetation, resulting in severe overgrown shrubs and tree limbs pressing directly against the multi-unit residential building and completely enveloping active overhead communication/Wi-Fi utility lines. This condition violates the following municipal codes: 1. Property Blight (Oakland Municipal Code § 8.24.020(O)(1)): Dense, overgrown vegetation and rank growth are unmaintained, visibly enveloping active overhead utility drops attached to the structure. With heavy rainstorms occurring, waterlogged branches pose an immediate risk of snapping or pulling down active lines. 2. Fire Hazard & Defensible Space (Oakland Fire Code / OMC Chapter 15.12 & PRC § 4291): Thick, unpruned brush and tree limbs are growing well within 10 feet of the residential building walls and roofline without required structural clearance or vertical pruning, creating a severe fire hazard and lack of defensible space. The property owner and his legal counsel have been notified of this hazard multiple times in writing and have failed to take corrective action. Photos showing the branches engulfing the utility lines, making contact with the structure, and lack of defensible space are attached.