Landlord charged with new offences

Press, 10 August 1985, Page 10

Landlord charged with new offences

NZPA-AP Los Angeles A Beverly Hills physician convicted of not improving his garbage-strewn and ratinfested apartment buildings and sentenced to live in one of them has been

s charged with the same offence at a rooming-house. n Dr Milton Avol, aged 61, g and his 60-year-old wife, > Ann, were charged yesterday with 13 misdemeanour i counts of violating public i health, building, safety, and

fire codes, said a deputy j city lawyer, Stephanie < Sautner. s The couple co-owned a 37room boarding-house that < was infested with vermin . and cockroaches, rubbish inside and out, unsanitary <

plumbing, missing windows, defective doors, and no smoke-detectors, she said. The alleged offences occurred between May and June. In the earlier case Municipal Court Judge Veronica

Mcßeth sentenced Avol to 30 days in jail and 30 days of living in one of his ageing apartment buildings — the Bixel residence, which has community toilets. The sentence stemmed from Avol’s failure after a

conviction in 1983 to remedy city safety, fire, and health code violations at four properties he owns in downtown Los Angeles. Avol is appealing against the conviction. A hearing is scheduled for August 14.