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City hearing continues on Dixie Drive apartments after repair plan judged incomplete; building official recommends demolition
Summary
At a continuation of a public hearing, Enterprise building official told the City Council that four apartments at 100 Dixie Drive (units 49–52) remain “unsafe” and recommended demolition after finding repair plans incomplete; the property owner's attorney asked the council to allow a remediation agreement and more time.
Enterprise City Council on a continued public hearing considered whether four apartment units at 100 Dixie Drive (units 49–52) should be demolished after a 2022 fire and subsequent incomplete repairs.
The matter reopened as a continuation of the Dec. 17, 2024, hearing. City building official Barry Mott told the council the units suffered faulty wiring that caused a fire in April 2022 and that work begun in 2023 was halted after inspectors found an unlicensed contractor and covered walls that prevented required electrical and plumbing inspections.
Mott told the council he issued stop-work orders in May 2023 and that, in his assessment, the structures are “substantially damaged or decayed” and cannot be “reasonably repaired within a reasonable time and at a reasonable cost.” He urged the council to close the hearing and adopt four resolutions ordering demolition.
Brian Paul, an attorney representing property owner…
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