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Hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution declaring the structures located at 63 NW 25th Street, 108 NW 14th Street, 502 SW Washington Avenue, 509 SW Park Avenue (Secondary Structure), 813 SW F Avenue, 1008 SW Roosevelt Avenue, 1214 SW A Avenue (Secondary Structure), 2706 NW 19th Street, 7210 SW Oxford 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/Planning
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 2: 2706 NW 19th Street; Ward 3: 63 NW 25th Street; Ward 5: 108 NW 14th Street, 509 SW Park Avenue (Secondary Structure), 813 SW F Avenue, 1214 SW A Avenue (Secondary Structure); Ward 7: 502 SW Washington Avenue, 1008 SW Roosevelt Avenue; Ward 8: 7210 SW Oxford 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 property owners and any mortgage holders have been notified of this public hearing by mail, with a receipt of mailing obtained from the post office. A Notice of Hearing was also posted on each p...
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