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Mount Vernon board unanimously condemns 2 Marmot Drive, orders demolition
Summary
The Board of Property Maintenance Appeals voted July 30 to condemn a long-vacant house at 2 Marmot Drive as unfit for human habitation and ordered demolition after inspectors presented photographic and in-person evidence of structural failure, vermin and lengthy neglect.
The Mount Vernon Board of Property Maintenance Appeals voted unanimously July 30 to condemn a vacant house at 2 Marmot Drive and ordered it demolished after code enforcement presented years of photographs and a recent interior inspection that found structural failure and rodent infestation.
The decision followed a presentation by Brian Marvin, the city’s property maintenance enforcement officer, who summarized inspections and historical records showing complaints dating back to 1996 and photographs from 2015 through 2024. Marvin told the board the interior inspection under a search warrant found "food left in the kitchen," "rats squealing" and water-damaged, failing ceilings, and he recommended demolition. "I recommend this place be demolished," Marvin said.
The board’s action matters, officials said, because the house presented a public-health and public-safety hazard to adjoining properties and the neighborhood. Tanner Salyers, Mount Vernon’s safety-service director,…
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