Council authorizes fire-territory inspections and title searches for problem properties

Mar 19, 2026

After adopting the unsafe-structures ordinance, the council authorized the Skelton Island Fire Territory chief to inspect three properties and directed staff to run short-title searches to identify interest holders for notice and hearings.

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Following the ordinance's adoption, the council voted to allow the Skelton Island Fire Territory chief to inspect three specified properties in town, including a house associated with Jack Phillips and a property near a recently burned trailer. The inspections are intended to produce written reports and photographs describing whether each property poses a public safety or health hazard.

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