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Hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution(s) declaring the structures located at 306 NW 15th Street, 507 SW 26th Street, 508 NW 12th Street aka 506 NW 12th Street, 621 SW 26th Street, 916 SW D Avenue aka 404 SW 10th Street, 1407 SW 8th Street, 1507 NW Dearborn Avenue, 1611 NW Lawton Avenue, 1612 SW E Avenue, 1813 SW McKinley Avenue, 2025 NW 24th Street, 2409 SW C Avenue, 2609 SW E Avenue, 4628 SW G Avenue, to be dilapidated pursuant to Section 6-5-1 Lawton City Code, ordering the owner to abate the nuisance, authorizing summary abatement, and authorizing the City Attorney to commence legal action in District Court to abate the nuisance.
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INITIATOR: Charlotte Brown, Director of Community Services Director
STAFF INFORMATION SOURCE: Joshua White, Neighborhood Services Supervisor
BACKGROUND: This is in accordance with the True North Culture Statement for a Safe Community. We will be relentless in our efforts to provide a safe environment for our citizens to thrive. The structures located at Ward 1: 2025 NW 24th Street; Ward 2: 1611 NW Lawton Avenue; Ward 3: 507 SW 26th Street, 621 SW 26th Street, 2409 SW C Avenue, 2609 SW E Avenue, 4628 SW G Avenue; Ward 5: 306 NW 15th Street, 508 SW 12th Street a/k/a 506 SW 12th Street, 916 SW D Avenue a/k/a 404 SW 10th Street, 1507 NW Dearborn Avenue, 1612 SW E Avenue; Ward 7: 1407 SW 8th Street, 1813 SW McKinley Avenue; have been inspected and found to meet the criteria to be declared dilapidated pursuant to Lawton City Code, Division 6-5-1. Said structures are in an obvious state of neglect and disrepair such that they are detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the general public and a blighting influence on the Lawton community. The attached resolutions provide that the structures on the above listed properties are declared to be dilapidated and directs that they be remodeled or demolished by the property owner in compliance with the City's building code requirements. The prope...
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