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Council gives 30 days for owner to repair or face demolition at 508 Haggard Avenue
Summary
The Mount Pleasant City Council declared the burned structure at 508 Haggard Avenue dilapidated, ordered notice in accordance with the city abatement code, and gave the owner 30 days to rehabilitate the property before the city seeks permission to demolish.
The Mount Pleasant City Council on a unanimous vote found the burned structure at 508 Haggard Avenue to be dilapidated and ordered notice be provided to the owner and any lienholders under the city's unsafe building abatement code, Chapter 150 of the city code. Council directed that the owner be given 30 days to rehabilitate or demolish the structure; if the property is not brought into compliance the council will be asked to authorize city abatement and demolition.
Lynn, a city staff member who presented the item, said the property sits on a 0.2089-acre lot and that the owner is deceased; photographs shown to the council indicated the structure was largely destroyed by fire and unsecured. Lynn said staff had attempted to contact heirs and other interested parties but had been unable to locate anyone with authority to act.
The council discussed the statutory and procedural steps before taking city abatement, and the city attorney advised that the council should provide the owner time to act and that, if the owner did not, the matter would come back to council before the city performed demolition. Councilman Corbell moved the measure and Councilman Redburn seconded; the motion passed unanimously.
The council action starts the formal notice and 30-day period contemplated under the city's abatement process; if the owner fails to act the city may contract for demolition and place a lien for costs on the property.
