Grand Prairie board extends repair order for vacant house at 1605 Acosta to December

The Grand Prairie Building Advisory and Appeals Board voted 7–1 on Sept. 10 to extend a city compliance order for a vacant, damaged house at 1605 Acosta, giving the owner until the board’s Dec. 1 meeting to complete required repairs.

City staff opened the hearing by saying that notice of the hearing had been provided and that the structure showed “holes in the roof that have led to damage to the interior of the house, including a collapsed ceiling and warping of the roof deck,” and that the property was vacant and showed evidence of vandalism and unauthorized entry.

The board’s order, first issued earlier this year, requires the owner to repair, remove or demolish the structure, secure the property, and present a contractor’s detailed plan and timeline. The order also allows the city to secure the structure at the owner’s expense, to repair or demolish the structure if the owner fails to comply, or to assess a civil penalty of $1,000 per day (reduced for homesteads…