Three Exits
Is that an angel in the lower right corner of this snapshot, keeping watch?
Unfenced DEADLY HAZARDS and DEATH TRAPS: open-sided walking
How many people, kids in particular, while playing at the south end of the pool deck, may/will go over the unprotected walkways/walking surfaces and landings at the top of the recreational steps (kite surfing/selfie platform/landing) before the Viridian Board takes preventive action and puts adequate barriers in place to restrict access to the walkways/walking surfaces and the landings at the top of the wall (1) with a 350' drop to the alley below with a landing speed of about 100 MPH, or (2) a 225' drop to condo balconies on the 10th floor with a landing speed of about 65 MPH, and (3) barriers around the steps with a 10' drop to the emergency stairs downward? According to the International Building Code 2000; Code 1003.2.12 Guards: "Guards shall be located along open-sided walking surfaces, mezzanines, industrial equipment platforms, stairways, ramps and landings which are located more than 30 inches above the floor or grade below." And Code 1003.2.12.1 Height: "Guards shall form a protective barrier not less than 42 inches high, measured vertically above the leading edge of the tread, adjacent walking surface or adjacent seatboard." Is this entire area filled with several attractive nuisances, surrounded by beds of flowers? I wonder just how many people, kids as young as 3 or 4 years of age in particular, will fall to tragic deaths before Viridian Boards feel compelled to put adequate guardrails (fencing) in place at the south end, "Unfenced Southern Border," of the Viridian's rooftop pool deck? In the next sections notice the 5 foot fencing along the pool deck guarding a 8.5 foot drop. In addition, notice there is NO fencing or guardrails at the south end of the pool deck. In the Spring of 2019, one of the department heads of Metro Building codes was in a circuit court hearing regarding these safety concerns, with Judge Escobar presiding, and was quizzed about these unguarded walking surfaces. When quizzed about the lack of fencing or guardrails on these 5 open sided walking surfaces at the Southern Border, his response was "I don't teach human behavior!" He made an identical response to me in his office, a week or two later, when I specifically pointed out to him the lack of fencing on these 5 open sided walking surfaces with DEADLY drop-offs! Is the Metro Building Code's response a profound, inept, inadequate, unbelievable, and TOTALLY unsatisfactory response? In like manner, a representative from Metro Pools said that the fences around pools are only designed and installed to keep children, and others, out of the pool area. WOW! Should Metro have permitted this pool, and pool deck, with these SAFETY concerns? Why do Viridian Boards continue to maintain and defend this obvious death trap? Lives are at steak! ViridianBoard@gmail.com. See also: www.fatalattraction.co , and/or www.countryboy.co , and/or www.safetynow.co
Why do the HOAs of the Viridian knowingly and blatantly, with the advice of paid legal counsel, host a potentially deadly structure in obvious violation of Metro building codes? Why are the known codes, stated above, being flagrantly ignored? Is the violation of the two codes cited above a prime example of major graft and corruption in the Metro Codes Department, Metro Pools Department, the contractor's "bags of tricks and shortcuts" as well as "legal collusion" with Codes, collusion with Metro political entities, and complicity within the religious community (the belt buckle of the Bible belt)? In the court hearing on 12/13/2019, the attorney for the Viridian successfully persuaded the court that the construction at the south end of the rooftop pool deck is a "permanent nuisance" and that the Viridian Board could address the issue of safety that is being raised any time they wished. (In general, permanent nuisances are caused by a single act resulting in permanent injury and damages are assessed once for all injuries). See www.fatalattraction.co . I wonder two things: how many kids, and how many times will kids plunge to their deaths before the Viridian Boards install proper guards? Remember Surfside, Florida and the collapse of the Champlain Towers South with a known death toll of 98--what avoidable disasters await the Viridian? The HOA at Surfside knowingly ignored known structural and safety concerns for years? What about the HOAs of the Viridian?
Do these arrows point to attractive nuisances?
What happens if/when kids are playing a game of hide and seek in the flower beds at the southwestern end, or southeastern end, of the pool deck, and one or more of them decides go up the steps, walkways, and walking surfaces, or play on the platforms, and slip over the edge of the wall leading to a 225' drop, or 350' drop?
Which exit will you take in the confusion of an emergency or unguarded moments of fun?
Does this EXIT sign, at the southeastern end of the pool deck, point toward two ways off the pool deck: (1) emergency steps down a set of stairs, or (2) steps and walkways (walking surfaces) up to a kite surfing or selfie pad (landings and/or platforms) with a drop-off of hundreds of feet? In an emergency which EXIT would many take?
Look at these five (5) open-sided walking surface with NO guardrails or fences!!!!
Carefully compare these five (5) open-sided walking surfaces with NO fences with 5' fences around 2 sides 0f the pool deck guarding 8.5' drop-offs!
Unfenced Southwest Corner of Southern Border showing Proposed Fence (Click once to view in detail, haga clic una vez para ver en detalle)
Proposed Fence for the Front wall closest to the Pool at the Viridian's Unfenced Southern Border (haga clic una vez para ver en detalle)
Southeast Corner of Unfenced Southern Border with Proposed Fence and Gate (Click once to view in detail, haga clic una vez para ver en detalle)
Proposed fence for the inside of Stairway at Unfenced Southern Border of Pool Deck (Click once to view in detail, haga clic una vez para ver en detalle)
Bird's Eye View of the Proposed 42 inch high fence at the Unfenced Southern Border of Pool Deck (Click once to view, haga clic una vez para ver en detalle)
Look at these five (5) open-sided walking surfaces with no guardrails or fences!!!!
Who is keeping Guard at this Unfenced Southern Border? (Click once to view in detail, haga clic una vez para ver en detalle)
Safety at the Viridian's Unfenced Southern Border? www.gatetoheaven.co
Contact anyone who can address this alarming situation!
Unfenced Southern Border at the Viridian Rooftop Pool Deck
A hearing was held in the 8th Circuit Court, on December 13, 2019 at 9:30 AM. The court granted a summary judgment to the Viridian Board, but the judge did not exempt the board from correcting these deadly hazards at the southern border. The Boards attorney did not address the dangers/safety concerns, but did say, as a part of his argument to the court, that the board could, if it saw fit, address these safety concerns in the future. The dangers are still there!!!! The unedited results of this hearing are on two websites: Fatalattraction.co with a link to the unedited transcript. Express your concerns to the Viridian Board (Viridianboard@gmail.com) or anyone else who can/may address these potentially deadly situations, or start your own ways of showing your concerns regarding these unsettling, disturbing, and potentially deadly situations at this Unfenced Southern Border! Start your own campaign to update our building to the Metro codes that apply with an accent on SAFETY. If you have ideas regarding this site and distressing images and realities, my email is: odellgrubb@gmail.com. I am running for the Viridian Board, and if elected, I will work toward addressing this safety concern along with 3 other safety issues.
Unguarded Southern Border
