This emergency resolution is scheduled for the April 17, 2018 City Council meeting.  The structure has been determined to be unfit and unsafe.  The purpose of the meeting is to report the condition of the structure to City Council which may, by resolution, declare the structure to be a nuisance and necessitate appropriate action. 

Site Information:

The subject property is 0.26 acres located on the south side of Virginia Avenue, approximately 200 feet east of Grand Boulevard and 50 west of Mt. Vernon Avenue.  The site contains a single-family dwelling built in 1965.  A detached structure to the rear of the dwelling that was used as a rental was damaged by a fire that occurred on March 16, 2018.  It was not a legal dwelling unit.  It is owned by Angela Kennedy.

Condemnation Order:

The Building Official determined that the structure meets the definition of unfit or unsafe structure and shall be abated under emergency condemnation procedure.  Notice to the owner was sent via certified mail and was posted on the property and in City Hall.  The Building Official also telephoned the property owner. 

Whenever the Building Official determines that any structure constitutes a clear, present and immediate hazard to the safety of persons or property, the Building Official may issue an order of condemnation prohibiting habitation or occupation of the structure.  The Building Official shall report the facts surrounding issuance of the order to City Council at its next regular meeting or other meeting called to hear emergency condemnations. Upon a determination that the condition of the structure at issue presents a clear, present and immediate hazard to the safety of persons or property, City Council shall adopt an emergency resolution declaring the same to be a nuisance and authorizing the immediate abatement and removal, forthwith, of such nuisance.

If the owner or any interested person can make arrangements for the abatement of such nuisance within the same time period as contemplated by City Council, the resolution shall be adopted but shall be held in abeyance for a stated time in order to allow the owner or such interested person, forthwith, to proceed with the abatement and removal of the nuisance; provided, however, that if the owner or any interested person does not proceed with the abatement in such manner, the nuisance shall be abated and removed in accordance with the provisions of the resolution.  

City Council shall schedule a future hearing for the purpose of assessing the costs of the abatement and removal.