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Hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution declaring the structure and all secondary structures on the property located at 51 NW 25th Street, 55 NW 25th Street, 617 SW Doolittle Avenue, 708 SW I Avenue, 710 SW I Avenue, 712 SW I Avenue, 902 SW G Avenue, 907 S 7th Street, 909 SW 7th Street, 1002 SW Park Avenue, 1211 NW Bessie Avenue (Secondary Structure), 1214 SW G Avenue (Secondary Structure), 1414 SW I Avenue (Secondary Structure), 1803 NW 40th Street, 2211 NW Baltimore Avenue, 2613 SW E Avenue, 2615 SW E Avenue, 2714 NW 25th Street, , 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: Jonathan 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 structure and any secondary structure located at Ward 1: 1803 NW 40th Street, 2211 NW Baltimore Avenue, 2714 NW 25th Street; Ward 2: 1211 NW Bessie Avenue (Secondary Structure); Ward 3: 51 NW 25th Street, 55 NW 25th Street, 617 SW Doolittle Avenue, 2613 SW E Avenue, 2615 SW E Avenue; Ward 5: 708 SW I Avenue, 710 SW I Avenue, 712 SW I Avenue, 902 SW G Avenue, 907 SW 7th Street, 909 SW 7th Street, 1002 SW Park Avenue, 1214 SW G Avenue (Secondary Structure), 1414 SW I Avenue (Secondary Structure); 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.
EXHIBIT: Resolutions
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Photo’s of Structure
KEY ISSUES: Absolve the public of a continued threat to public safety
FUNDING SOURCE: Neighborhood Services Abatement and Demolition Funds
STAFF RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION: Adopt Resolutions declaring the structure and all secondary structures 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.