TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Telly C. Whitfield, Ph.D., 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: September 27, 2021
RE:
Title
Uninhabitable Structures Demolition Recommendations
212 Harrison St. District 2
1006 W Orange St. District 2
6417 Starbrook Dr. 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 request for demolition ordinance approval on one residential building determined to be blight, and two residential buildings determined to be dangerous. Hearings conducted on all properties with a Finding-of-Facts ordered issued to either repair or demolish structures. Economic and Community Development Programs are available to assist owners with demolitions if projects qualify and funding is present at the time of application. ECD doesn't require a lien but ownership/debt issues impact approvals. Economic and Community Development does not currently have a Rental repair program.
Background:
212 Harrison Street- PIN 0437-81-8718-
The City Inspector is required to correct conditions that are found to be in violation of the Dwellings and Buildings Minimum Standards. The structure is a vacant residential building that was inspected and condemned as a dangerous structure on May 26, 2021. The structures roof is rotted, broken and sagging excessively. Roof covering, flashing, trim/fascia rotted. Windows are not reasonably weathertight. Notice of the hearing was published in the Fayetteville Observer newspaper June 6, 2021. A hearing on the condition of the structure was conducted on June 17, 2020, at which the owners did not appear. A subsequent Hearing Order to repair or demolish the structure within 60 da...
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