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Board upholds Sixth Avenue abatement, halves fees and gives one-week window for repairs
Summary
The Abatement Appeals Board upheld a DBI order for a Sixth Avenue unit, agreed to hold enforcement for one week to allow repairs and inspections, and applied an assessment of costs at half the preliminary amount after finding outreach and procedural issues.
The Abatement Appeals Board voted March 19 to uphold the Department of Building Inspection’s order of abatement for the Sixth Avenue case (6785505), but it modified the financial assessment and held enforcement in abeyance for one week to permit repairs and inspections.
Staff outlined that Unit 3 of a five-unit building had a November notice of violation relating to a shared bathtub drain requiring plumbing work; access and communication problems between owner and tenant delayed resolution. Staff estimated assessment of…
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