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Kalamazoo Historic District Commission approves notice to proceed for demolition of 1406 Southwestnidge
Summary
The Kalamazoo Historic District Commission voted unanimously to approve a city-initiated notice to proceed to demolish the house at 1406 Southwestnidge after multiple years of fire damage, missed permit deadlines and a building-board finding that the structure is dangerous.
The Kalamazoo Historic District Commission on an unanimous roll call approved a city-requested notice to proceed to demolish the house at 1406 Southwestnidge, citing a determination by the city’s building board of appeals that the structure is dangerous.
The vote follows a lengthy staff presentation that traced the property’s decline to a January 2021 fire, multiple ownership changes, repeated missed deadlines for required engineering and construction documents, and a March 2024 building-board ruling that deemed the house a dangerous structure. City staff said the current owner filed a building-permit application but has not provided required engineering studies to show how repairs would meet code.
Commissioners said they had repeatedly reviewed plans and correspondence related to the property and heard from city inspectors that the submitted drawings were not to scale and lacked sufficient structural detail. City…
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