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Hearing officer authorizes demolition of fire‑damaged property at 1005 North Street
Summary
City code inspectors told an OTA hearing that 1005 North Street was fire‑damaged, vacant and an attractive nuisance; the hearing officer authorized demolition, noting the property is in foreclosure but that a sale would transfer the order to the new owner.
The Elkhart OTA hearing officer found the house at 1005 North Street unsafe under state code IC 36‑7‑9‑4 and authorized the city to demolish the main house and garage.
Trent Avance, a city code inspector, testified that the property was fire damaged on Oct. 31, 2023, vacant and had been boarded; he recommended demolition of the house and garage. Avance described repeated…
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