City of Lakewood v. Novak

Patrick Carroll, Judge.

The defendant, William Novak, appeared before the court on the charge of failing to comply with the building and housing codes of the city of Lakewood. The complaint charged that the defendant had been previously convicted of the same offense, which, therefore, makes this charge a first degree misdemeanor, carrying a possible fine of $1,000 and a jail sentence up to one hundred eighty days.

The defendant is a landlord who owns two side-by-side rental properties. Each rental property has four units. Both rental properties are the subject of the complaint in the present…