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: August 25, 2025
RE:Title
Approve Ordinances for Uninhabitable Structures: Demolition Recommendations
408 Ingram Street District 2
832 East Orange Street District 2
806 Serro Drive District 7
818 Rembrandt Drive 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 and one blight.
Background:
408 Ingram Street - PIN 0438-82-5052
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 June 26, 2024 due to fire. The structure needs significant repairs, floor framing and flooring, doors and door frames, ceiling and ceiling joists, walls, electrical wiring, fixtures and devices, windowpanes, frames and sashes, roofing material, flashing, trim and fascia, roof rafters and sheathing.
A notice of the hearing was published in the Fayetteville Observer on March 2, 2025, and the hearing was held on March 14, 2025, with the property owner attending.
Following this hearing, an order was issued on March 17, 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, ...
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