Lynn targeting scofflaw Klotz

LYNN – City inspectors are pushing to collect more than $8,000 in unpaid litter and code violation fines from building owner Timothy Klotz even as Utica, N.Y. officials target Klotz in the wake of a fatal fire in one of his local properties.Klotz is slated to appear next Monday in a Utica courtroom to answer charges he did not register seven of his Utica properties for fire inspections. Fire inspectors said the building Klotz owned where four people died in a fire last Sunday lacked working smoke detectors.Klotz owned buildings across Lynn 10 years ago but sold them or lost them to court-ordered demolitions after the city cracked down on code enforcement violations and neighbors’ complaints about drug dealing.Although he lives in Utica, an upstate New York city of about 60,000, Klotz, 54, maintains a post office box in Marblehead and is listed in city property records as a trustee in the realty trust that owns 93-95 Green St. in Lynn.City Inspectional Services Director Michael Donovan in September 2007 ordered Klotz by letter to fix “deteriorated conditions” in the building and get rid of weeds and unregistered vehicles parked there. He also ordered Klotz to correct a blocked doorway in the building’s rear hallway and to repair broken smoke detectors.”This building has problems going back years. It is regularly being cited for code violations,” Donovan said on Wednesday.City Chief Building Inspector Roger Ennis Jr. on Wednesday said 93-95 Green will be inspected by the department’s multi-agency task force next Wednesday.”A site visit was coordinated by ISD Wednesday (Sept. 23) and the property is still listed to him as a trustee with the exterior in considerable disrepair,” Ennis said.Ennis said the city will also continue pushing to collect $8,775 in fines listed under Klotz’ name dating back to 2005, with recent ones issued in February and April. They include two violations for 93 Green St. and several listed to a former Klotz property at 122-126 Marianna St. with the remainder issued to 32 Cooper St., a property Klotz lost through foreclosure last summer.Klotz in 2004 faced criminal charges in District Court for failure to abate lead paint in 93-95 Green following a city Health Department violation filed against Klotz in January of that year. A file maintained on Klotz’ properties by city officials lists work orders for lead paint removal but no state-required certificates indicating the work was done.