Southern California Edison personnel were called to the scene and arrived about 30 minutes later to disconnect the electrical service, noted Young-Kiernan, who has been working on the case since an inspection conducted early last year.“With Manny’s, typically what we do is issue a notice of violation, let the property owner and tenant know” what corrections must be made and the deadline for same. “We try to work with” property owners and tenants to ensure correction of violations, and “we did that in this case, but there was no good faith effort on the part of the tenant or the property owner,” Eddie Sanchez of Oxnard, “to correct violations. At this point in time,” conditions were found to have deteriorated and “were serious enough that we had to post it” and order the shutdown of the business.Although Sanchez is working to correct the violations, Young-Kiernan said she expects “It probably won’t happen immediately” due to the scope of the work.Abandoned and unlicensed vehicles are not allowed to be stored outside in the general commercial zone: “It’s not a storage yard, and basically cars were just being stockpiled and stored on the lot.” Young-Kiernan said that the storm water quality violations stemmed from “fluids, oil that during a hard event would then wash from the lot onto an adjacent property and into the storm drains.”The case, she added, is “ongoing and will be until all the violations are corrected.” Violations on the properties were first discovered in November 2002.
Manny’s Auto Repair shut down for property safety violations
March 28, 2007
Santa Paula News
An East Harvard Boulevard business was shut down after a joint investigation found a variety of violations and unsafe conditions in two buildings holding various separate enterprises, according to a Building & Safety Department spokeswoman.
By Peggy KellySanta Paula TimesAn East Harvard Boulevard business was shut down after a joint investigation found a variety of violations and unsafe conditions in two buildings holding various separate enterprises, according to a Building & Safety Department spokeswoman. Manny’s Auto Repair was shut down after Santa Paula Building & Safety, Santa Paula Police, Santa Paula Fire and the California Highway Patrol personnel conducted an inspection on Monday, March 19 for ongoing property violations, according to Supervising Building Inspector Teresa Young-Kiernan.Precision Cylinder Header & Machine Shop, Arriaga’s Carpet & Tile and Ad Tires, also situated in the two buildings inspected, located at 104 and 108 East Harvard Blvd., were cited for violations that included selling merchandise outside their buildings and not having sign permits.Upon conclusion of the inspection, Manny’s Auto Repair was closed and the shop posted “Unsafe to Occupy” for hazardous electrical conditions. A citation was issued for multiple development code violations regarding property maintenance, including storm water quality violations, outdoor storage of unlicensed and inoperable vehicles, and illegal uses being conducted.“Anything that is a hazard, an imminent hazard would be the reason that we would post unsafe to occupy,” noted Young-Kiernan. Such situations can include faulty wiring, not having the ability to turn off the electricity at the panel in case of emergency, and spliced or faulty wiring.
