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: May 27, 2025
RE:
Title
Uninhabitable Structures: Demolition Recommendations
6438 Applecross Avenue District 7
3121 Fort Bragg Road District 9
4907 Schmidt Street District 9
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
7,9
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 one commercial building deemed dangerous, two residential buildings identified as a blight.
Background:
6438 Applecross Avenue - PIN 0406-18-5037
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 August 23, 2023 due to negligence. The structure needs significant repairs, steps, porch framing, porch flooring, walls, doors and door frames, windowpanes, frames and sashes, roofing material, flashing and trim/fascia, roof rafters and sheathing, foundation.
A notice of the hearing was published in the Fayetteville Observer on January 19, 2025, and the hearing was held on February 3, 2025, with the property owner attending.
Following this hearing, an order was issued on February 5, 2025, directing the owner to either repair or demolish the structure within 90 days. The notice included information about the City's Economic & Community Development Department and available programs to help with repairs and demolition costs.
To date, there has been no enrollment in the Blight Removal Program, and no repairs have been made to the property, which remains in its condemned state. The proper...
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