Overland Park council directs staff to prepare resolution finding 8500 W. 150th Street unsafe

The Overland Park City Council on Oct. 6 directed city staff to prepare a resolution finding the building at 8500 W. 150th Street unsafe or dangerous and ordering that it be repaired or removed and the premises made safe and secure.

The action followed a public hearing during which city staff and residents described repeated code violations, a new structural safety finding and recent steps by the owner to shore the building and submit engineered repair plans. Councilmembers debated whether to give the owner more time to complete repairs or to start the formal resolution process that can lead to demolition if the owner does not comply.

Code official Jim Brown reported that the owner’s contractor has obtained a permit for structural repairs, that an engineered design for the repair is approved, and that temporary shoring has been installed to support the roof trusses. Brown told the council the building “isn’t at immediate risk of collapse at the moment” but said the unsafe-structure finding made…