TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kelly Strickland, Assistant City Manager
Dr. Gerald Newton, AICP, Development Services Director
David Steinmetz, Development Services Assistant Director
FROM: Dereke D. Planter Jr., Code Enforcement Supervisor
DATE: April 28, 2025
RE:
Title
Uninhabitable Structures: Demolition Recommendations
206 Campbell Avenue District 2
816 E. Orange Street District 2
1087 North Street District 2
850 Van Dyke Place District 7
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
2,7
b
Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 1: Safe & Secure Community; Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work & Recreate
Executive Summary:
Staff requests that the Council approve demolition ordinances for three residential buildings deemed dangerous, one residential building identified as a blight.
Background:
206 Campbell Avenue - PIN 0437-61-1518
The City Inspector is obligated to address conditions that violate the Dwellings and Buildings Minimum Standards Code of Fayetteville, NC. This vacant residential property was inspected and condemned as dangerous on November 9, 2021 due to negligence. The structure needs significant repairs, steps, porch framing, porch flooring, porch railings, porch columns, ceiling and ceiling joists, doors and door frames, devices, walls, windowpanes, frames and sashes, walls, electrical wiring, devices and fixtures, roofing material, flashing and trim/fascia, roof rafters and sheathing. The initial administrative hearing regarding the condition of the subject property was held on December 30, 2021. The property owner failed to appear. A building permit was subsequently issued on January 5, 2022, and the owner was granted three extensions; however, no inspections were ever conducted under that permit. Most recently, a new permit was issued on March 28, 2025, and as of this date, no inspections have been carried out pursuant to that permit.
A notice of the hearing was published i...
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