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Continue the discussion and consider adopting a resolution declaring the structures located at 1902 W Gore, 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: Jon Jernigan, 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 5: 1902 W Gore; 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 property. Summary documents, including supporting photographs, reports from the Fire Marshal and City Inspectors, and case histories are on file within the Neighborhood Services Division.
The property owner has submitted for a remodel permit on February 4, 2025.
Staff’s recommendation is that the property not be declared dilapidated so the owner can work on the property.
EXHIBIT: Resolution
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KEY ISSUES: Absolve the public of a continued threat to public safety
FUNDING SOURCE: Neighborhood Services Abatement and Demolition Funds
STAFF RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION: To not declare the property to be dangerous and dilapidated.