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Board gives 90 days and allows sale conditionally for flood-prone 912 Hearst Drive
Summary
The Hopkinsville Code Ordinance Enforcement Board found 912 Hearst Drive unsafe due to repeated flooding and mold, allowed a prospective buyer to assume obligations under a city agreement, and granted the owner or buyer 90 days to bring the property up to code with a monetary penalty.
The Hopkinsville City Code Ordinance Enforcement Board on March 25 found the house at 912 Hearst Drive to be an unsafe structure because of repeated flooding, foundation settlement and extensive mold, and it granted the owner or a new buyer 90 days to bring the property into compliance.
Mark DeArmond, code enforcement officer with the Hopkinsville Fire Department, told the board the house sits in an AE floodplain and has a documented history of flooding in 1979, 1988–89 and again in 2023. DeArmond said an inspection after recent storms found about 24 inches of standing water inside the house during the most recent event and interior…
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