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TIGARD
City of Tigard
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH
11305 SW BULL MOUNTAIN RD
TIGARD, OR 97224
Re: Code Compliance Request Record Number: NCC2025-0232
Dear CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH:
This requests your cooperation in resolving a complaint that we have received regarding
your property at 11305 SW BULL MOUNTAIN RD in Tigard.
Code compliance is an important aspect of neighborhood livability and community
pride. The City of Tigard values the quality of our neighborhoods and favors timely
response to code compliance requests. The city particularly appreciates having your
voluntary cooperation and compliance and we look forward to hearing from you.
The complaint indicates that your property is in violation of Tigard Municipal Code
provisions regarding:
14.16.450 Illegal Residential Occupancy.
6.02.010 Nuisances Affecting the Public Health
6.02.220 Open Storage of Junk.
6.02.250 Offensive Wastes Prohibited.
6.02.240 Garbage and Putrescible Waste.
6.02.230 Scattering Rubbish.
6.02.020 Noxious Vegetation.
6.02.150 Insects and Rodents.
Specifically, it has been reported that there are prohibited transient camps, openly
stored junk, garbage, waste, debris creating a breeding ground for insects and rodents
on your property.
Please obtain a trespass agreement with the Tigard Police Department, post No
Trespassing signage, and remove the prohibited transient camps and openly stored
junk, garbage, waste, and debris on your property. Please contact Tigard Police Officer's
Brian Orth at 503-430-9057 or Jason Tillotson at 971-253-9779 to coordinate removal of
unwanted subjects from your property.
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We have not yet verified these violations nor have we assessed any penalties. If you
can confirm that no violation exists or if you correct it voluntarily within 20 days as
discussed below, we will not assess penalties and there will be no court record.
Each violation described above constitutes a Class One Civil Infraction under the code
and is subject to a penalty of up to $250 per day per violation and/or abatement by the
city at the property owner's expense.
Included below are the relevant regulations pertaining to property use and
maintenance, as well as a description of the city's code compliance process.
14.16.450 Illegal Residential Occupancy.
When a property has an illegal residential occupancy, including but not limited to
occupancy of tents, campers, motor homes, recreational vehicles, or other
structures or spaces not intended for permanent residential use or occupancy or
spaces constructed or converted without permit, the use shall be abated or the
structure brought into compliance with the present regulations for a building of
the same occupancy. (Ord. 99-02)
6.02.010 Nuisances Affecting the Public Health
6.02.010 Common Nuisances.
No person shall cause or permit a nuisance affecting the public health. The
following are nuisances affecting the public health:
B. Accumulations of debris, rubbish, manure or other refuse that affect the health
of surrounding persons.
D. Pollution of a body of water, well, spring, stream or drainage ditch by sewage,
industrial wastes or other substances placed in or near the water in a manner
that will cause harmful material to pollute the water.
E. Any animal, substance or condition on the premises that is in such a state or
condition as to cause an offensive odor detectable at a property line, or that is
in an insanitary condition.
F. Drainage of liquid wastes from private premises.
H. Animals, including livestock, or buildings for the purpose of maintaining
livestock or animals, maintained in such places or in such a manner that they are
offensive or annoying to the residents within the immediate vicinity, or
maintaining the premises in such a manner as to be a breeding place or likely
breeding place for rodents, flies and other pests.
6.02.220 Open Storage of Junk.
No person or responsible party shall deposit, store, maintain or keep on any real
property, except in a fully enclosed storage facility, building or garbage
receptacle, any of the following:
A. An icebox or refrigerator, or similar container, which seals essentially
airtight;
B. Inoperable or partially dismantled automobiles, trucks, buses, trailers or other
vehicle equipment or parts thereof in a state of disrepair;
C. Used or dismantled household appliances, furniture, other discards or junk, for
more than five days. (Ord. 12-02 §1; Ord. 18-12 §1)
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6.01.020 Definitions.
As used in this title:
"Junk" means items that have no apparent utility or are in an unsanitary
condition.
6.02.250 Offensive Wastes Prohibited.
No person shall have waste on property that is offensive or hazardous to the
health or safety of others or which creates offensive odors or a condition of
unsightliness.
(Ord. 12-02 §1)
6.02.240 Garbage and Putrescible Waste.
A. All solid waste receptacles, including, but not limited to, cans,
containers and drop boxes, shall be maintained in a safe and sanitary
condition by the customer.
B. All putrescible solid wastes shall be removed from any premises at
least once every seven days, regardless of whether or not confined in any
container, compactor, drop box or other receptacle. (Ord. 12-02 §1)
6.02.230 Scattering Rubbish.
No person shall deposit upon public or private property any kind of rubbish,
trash, debris, refuse, or any substance that would mar the appearance, create a
stench or fire hazard, detract from the cleanliness or safety of the property or
would be likely to injure a person or animal or damage a vehicle traveling upon
a right-of-way. (Ord. 12-02 §1)
6.02.020 Noxious Vegetation.
A. No responsible party shall allow noxious vegetation as defined in
Sections 6.01.020.M.1 through 6.01.020.M.7 to be on the property or in the right-
of-way abutting the property.
B. The responsible party for a violation of subsection A of this section shall
cut down or destroy grass, shrubbery, brush, bushes, weeds or other noxious
vegetation as often as needed to prevent them from becoming unsightly or, in
the case of weeds or other noxious vegetation, from maturing or from going to
seed.
C. No responsible party shall plant or allow to be planted on their property
noxious vegetation as defined in Section 6.01.020.M.8.
D. The responsible party for a violation of subsection C of this section shall
remove or otherwise destroy the subject invasive and noxious plants.
(Ord. 12-02 §1)
6.01.020 Definitions. As
used in this title:
"Noxious vegetation" means:
1. Weeds more than 10 inches high;
2. Grass more than 10 inches high and not within the exception stated in
paragraph 9 of this subsection;
3. Poison oak, poison ivy or similar vegetation;
4. Vegetation that is likely to cause fire;
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5. Blackberry bushes that extend into a right-of-way or across a property line;
6. Vegetation that is a health hazard;
7. Vegetation that is a health hazard because it impairs the view of the right-of-
way or otherwise makes use of the right-of-way hazardous; 8.Any of the
following invasive and noxious plants: Hedera helix L. (English ivy),
Heracleum mantegazzianum (giant hogweed), Lythrum salicaria L. (purple
loosestrife), Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese knotweed), Rubus discolor
(Himalayan blackberry);
9. "Noxious vegetation" does not include vegetation that constitutes an
agricultural crop, unless that vegetation is a health hazard, a fire hazard or a
traffic hazard, and it is vegetation within the meaning of this subsection.
6.02.150 Insects and Rodents.
Storage of any materials including wastes or maintaining any grounds in a
manner that may attract or aid the propagation of insects or rodents or create a
health hazard is declared to be a public nuisance in violation of this title. (Ord.
12-02 §1)
You have 20 calendar days from the date of this letter to respond to this compliance
request. The city requires confirmation that your property is in compliance with all
regulations cited above in one of two ways:
• If your property is not currently in compliance, please take appropriate action to
bring your property into compliance and notify the city of this action.
• If you believe you have received this letter in error or you believe your property is
not out of compliance, please contact us so we can discuss this further.
Please respond in writing and reference record number NCC2025-0232. You can send
photos or other documentation to codecompliance@tigard-or.gov, or mail it to City of
Tigard Code Compliance, 13125 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard, OR 97223. If you do not
contact us, we will have no way of knowing that the potential code infraction has been
resolved or that the request was in error and we may then follow up with other actions
including on-site inspection and a possible summons and complaint.
This letter also serves as your first formal notice that the City of Tigard may use an
abatement service to correct persistent code infractions. The cost of such abatement
is at the expense of the property owner and can include a lien on the property. This is
in addition to the potential civil penalties discussed above.
Your prompt response will be appreciated. It is important to us that Tigard remain a
safe, clean, and attractive community. Thank you for your assistance in maintaining
Tigard as "A Place to Call Home."
Sincerely,
13125 SW Hall Blvd. • Tigard, Oregon 97223 • 503.639.4171
TTY Relay: 503.684.2772 • www.tigard-or.gov
Ken Ross
Code Compliance
City of Tigard
13125 SW Hall Blvd. • Tigard, Oregon 97223 • 503.639.4171
TTY Relay: 503.684.2772 • www.tigard-or.gov