Code Enforcement enlists help of local angels

A press release from the City of Hesperia:

Code Enforcement enlists help of local angels

HESPERIA – On September 22, 2005 the City of Hesperia Code Enforcement Supervisor Tony Genovesi received a call from a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s dispatcher to respond to a residence in the 16000 block of Allthorn Street regarding a health and safety issue. Upon inspection it was discovered that the owner, sixty-year-old Clare Lindsay was housing over 100 cats, most of which were kept inside the house.  After inspecting the residence it was found to be uninhabitable due to heath issues and all the cats were removed by Hesperia Animal Control and taken to their facility on Santa Fe Avenue.  After evaluating the health of the cats, the Animal Control Department found that most of the cats removed were either feral, sick or both. 

Because of the unhealthy/unsanitary living condition inside the residence, Hesperia Code Enforcement, posted the residence as inhabitable.  Lindsay, was told that she could not return to the residence until it was cleaned and sanitized which meant, removing all of the carpet and padding, sealing the concrete, removing any unsanitary furniture and repainting the interior which would be impossible on Lindsay’s monthly disability check.  Lindsay informed Hesperia Code Enforcement that she did not have the monetary means to make the necessary corrections to her residence. 

That’s when Hesperia Code Enforcement stepped in.  Upon contacting Dennis Nicklaus, owner of a local glass and screen shop volunteered to recruit a group of members of his LDS church, to remove all of the carpet and padding, bleach all other surfaces, remove unsanitary furniture, scrub all bare surfaces and walls and repaint the interior.  After the interior of the residence is suitable for rehabilitation, another group of members is going to clean and remove all weeds on the property.

The project began on Thursday, October 12, 2005 at approximately 3:00 p.m.  The roll-off trash container is being provided by the City’s franchise waste hauler Advance Disposal and the paint is being provided by Deputy Doug Combs of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

I now feel much better about my single leaky 20-year-old cat.

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