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Muncie authority orders inspections, vacates and demolition notices at A & R Rec mobile home park
Summary
After neighbors detailed years of neglect at a mobile home park on East Jackson Street, the Muncie Unsafe Building Hearing Authority affirmed a mix of rehab and demolition orders, added vacate orders for condemned units and required inspections and written timelines from the owner.
The Muncie Unsafe Building Hearing Authority on Jan. 8 pressed the owner of A & R Rec Mobile Home Park to act after neighbors described years of deterioration and safety problems.
Neighbor Christy Kirkland told the authority that of the park’s 18 lots "11 of them are vacant" and that many trailers are in "severe state of rundown," saying the conditions have persisted for years. Barbara Bickford, who owns adjoining property, added that boarded trailers have been repeatedly reoccupied and that residents have reported thefts and fires.
The owner’s representative, who identified himself in the hearing…
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