Having been on the other side of code enforcement (ie: enforcing ordinances) a couple of hints.
Display the attitude to the code enforcement officer you are displaying on this board, and the code enforcement officer is not going to cut you an inch of slack.
Best advice is to calmly contact the officer, explain the situation: Mom is sick, dad is gone, and you are a distance away and cannot address everything in the requested timeframe. Offer up a reasonable time frame to address the items, and then actually do what you said you can do.
Making a reasonable effort at progress is your best bet to gain some time. Griping about everything and telling the city how unreasonable they are is not. The boat sailed on that when they adopted their ordinances.
And if you have not gotten it, get the exact ordinance they claim are being violated for each specific issue.
Oh, and as far as not liking what aerial photos can show, recognize that in this day and age, google shows an awful lot on googlemaps and google earth. I'd be shocked if a drone was used.
Display the attitude to the code enforcement officer you are displaying on this board, and the code enforcement officer is not going to cut you an inch of slack.
Best advice is to calmly contact the officer, explain the situation: Mom is sick, dad is gone, and you are a distance away and cannot address everything in the requested timeframe. Offer up a reasonable time frame to address the items, and then actually do what you said you can do.
Making a reasonable effort at progress is your best bet to gain some time. Griping about everything and telling the city how unreasonable they are is not. The boat sailed on that when they adopted their ordinances.
And if you have not gotten it, get the exact ordinance they claim are being violated for each specific issue.
Oh, and as far as not liking what aerial photos can show, recognize that in this day and age, google shows an awful lot on googlemaps and google earth. I'd be shocked if a drone was used.
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