The owner of two downtown San Jose Victorian homes that caught fire and collapsed in flames was hit by numerous code violations.
SAN JOSE — The owner of two downtown San Jose Victorian homes that caught fire and collapsed in flames was hit with numerous city complaints for code violations at the old residences, court papers show.
San Jose officials have become alarmed that the Brent Lee-led LLC was responsible for numerous code violations that created blighted and hazardous conditions at both houses, according to a lawsuit the city filed in November 2023 with the Santa Clara County Superior Court. The Lee-led group bought the development site at the corner of North Fourth Street and East St. John Street in 2013, county records show. The price wasn’t disclosed.
At that point, the city’s investigation into the adjacent 146 North Fourth house had been underway for about two years. “From 2020 through 2022, the city staffers found more violations, including storing or maintenance of boxes, lumber, dirt and debris, an unsecured building, substandard housing and a blighted vacant building,” the city legal filing related to 146 North Fourth claims.“From 2021 to 2022, code enforcement found additional violations” that included “dangerous accumulation”, “exterior property conditions” and “substandard housing,” court records state.
The city lawsuit didn’t provide any details for San Jose’s plan, tactics, or efforts to force the property owner to clean up either property.
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