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Hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution declaring the structures located at 12 SW G Avenue, 14 SW G Avenue, 23 NW 24th Street, 56 NW 24th Street, 706 SW E Avenue, 811 SW H Avenue, 813 SW H Avenue, 913 SW Monroe Avenue, 1214 NW Smith Avenue, 1405 SW Summit Avenue, 1511 SW Dr. Charles W Whitlow Avenue, 1603 NW Lincoln Avenue, 1913 NW Smith Avenue, 2115 NW Pollard 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 1: 2115 NW Pollard Avenue; Ward 2: 1214 NW Smith Avenue, 1603 NW Lincoln Avenue, 1913 NW Smith Avenue; Ward 3: 23 NW 24th Street, 56 NW 24th Street; Ward 5: 12 SW G Avenue, 14 SW G Avenue, 706 SW E Avenue, 811 SW H Avenue, 813 SW H Avenue, 1405 SW Summit Avenue; Ward 7: 913 SW Monroe Avenue, 1511 SW Charles W Whitlow 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 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: Resolution
Exhibit A’s
Photos of the Properties
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 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.