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Owner of 400 South Maple asks council to reaffirm sprinkler-system grandfathering
Summary
Randy Gaines, owner of Mid America Pick n Back, asked the Hannibal City Council to reaffirm a prior assurance that the building at 400 South Maple remains exempt from a sprinkler retrofit so a buyer can secure financing; council voted to affirm the prior position and agreed to provide meeting minutes as documentation.
Randy Gaines, owner of Mid America Pick n Back, asked the Hannibal City Council on April 15 to reaffirm a prior city assurance that the building at 400 South Maple—the former shoe factory—remains grandfathered from a city-required sprinkler retrofit so long as Gaines retains at least 1% ownership and the building’s use remains light manufacturing and warehouse.
Gaines told the council that potential buyers cannot proceed with financing without that written affirmation because the cost to replace the roof and install a sprinkler system each exceed $1 million. “So what I need from the city council is affirmation that that’s still in place,” Gaines said, describing a written position his attorney, Fred Cruz, provided to the bankruptcy court during the property’s…
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