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Commission reduces nearly $95,000 penalty to $1 after owner demonstrates compliance and sale
Summary
The Building and Standards Commission reduced the accrued civil penalty on a repaired property at 503 W. 14th Street from $94,982.79 to $1 after the owner documented completed work and a recent sale of the property; the commission voted unanimously to approve penalty relief.
The City of Austin Building and Standards Commission on Feb. 20 granted near-complete penalty relief for the property at 503 West 14th Street, reducing an assessed civil penalty of $94,982.79 to $1 after staff confirmed the structure had come into compliance.
Inspector Farrah Presley told commissioners the case began in 2019 after a fire and that a repair order was issued in February 2020. The city previously recommended either demolition or continued enforcement; investigators concluded the owner ultimately completed the necessary exterior and roofing repairs and permitted work that satisfied the BSC order. Presley said the…
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