Prompted by a tenant complaint about possible safety violations, the Glendale Fire Department inspected the property on Thursday and reported eight code violations, Fire Marshall David Woods said.
Each unit was found to be have either noncompliant, nonworking, or too few smoke detectors, Woods said.
"Fire detectors can save lives, so they're important," he said.
The property owner was ordered to provide hard-wired smoke detectors with battery backup in all units, per code, by Monday. As of Monday afternoon, the property owner's contractor had obtained the necessary permit to do the electrical work, but only 10 units had been brought into compliance, Woods said.
The violations will be compiled into a report and submitted to the City Attorney's office for review and follow-up, Woods said.
In addition to the smoke detectors, the Fire Department reported six other fire safety-related violations, including exposed wiring outside of one unit and a fire extinguisher that needs to be recharged.
"Most of these concerns are minor, run-of-the-mill," Woods said.
The property is due for another inspection on May 31.
The fire safety violations are the result of neglect by the previous property owner, said David Seiler, vice president of operations for StarPoint.
"These are issues that we inherited," Seiler said. "The site should have been cited three or four years ago."
But StarPoint was tagged for one violation that is directly related to its ongoing construction work at the property.
"They did some construction in three or four car ports to make storage areas," Woods said. "That construction would require approval from a building official and Zoning Department because it's displacing parking at the apartment."
