...process often starts when properties are cited with repeated code violations, said Pam Costabile, the city's code enforcement manager. Often the owners are unresponsive or absent, and the property begins to deteriorate. Trespassers might break...

...demolished and to have a lien placed on the property for the costs incurred.Pam Costabile, the city's code enforcement manager, said the story of 1688 15th St. isn't unusual. Every vacant property on the city's list has a similar...

...faulty wiring, shoddy maintenance, rodent infestations and open sewage lines.Pam Costabile, the city's code enforcement manager, said all the health and safety issues, including the open sewage lines, had been taken care of, so no tenants...

...owned but abandoned, already have court approval for demolition and are "clearly beyond rehabilitation," Code Enforcement Manager Pam Costabile told the city's administrative services committee Monday.By a 3-0 vote, the committee favored...

...funds.The number of vacant and abandoned houses is growing steadily, said Pam Costabile, the city's code enforcement manager, and it can be difficult to keep track of them all.A recently passed bill, awaiting Gov. Nathan Deal's signature...

...but it seemed like whatever we did, it was back to normal in a week or two."Pam Costabile, the city's code enforcement manager, said the property had "a little bit of everything" when it was closed down in 2009. Inspectors found inoperable...

...turned, the church was deemed in compliance and the case was closed in July 2010, said Pam Costabile, the code enforcement manager for Augusta and Richmond County. Inspectors haven't been back since, and won't be unless there is a complaint...

...tear down the properties currently on a list that continues to grow each year.Pam Costabile, the city's code enforcement manager, has a list of more than 300 properties that the city has either determined to be abandoned or is in the process...

...afternoon for several counts of unsafe and unsanitary conditions, according to Pam Costabile, Augusta's code enforcement manager.Costabile said the offending conditions included customers cooking in the rooms, animal feces and litter in...

...boardinghouses, and the owners are working with inspectors to bring them back into compliance with city code, Code Enforcement Manager Pam Costabile said Wednesday. In a Sept. 24 meeting with Sheriff Ronnie Strength, Planning and Zoning Director...