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Hopkinsville board finds duplex at 147 North McPherson unsafe, sets fines and repair deadlines
Summary
The Hopkinsville Code Ordinance Enforcement Board found the duplex at 147 North McPherson unsafe and assessed the maximum fine plus a $200 administrative fee; the owner was given 45 days to present a repair plan and 90 days to complete the work before the city may abate the property.
Rodney Davis, chairman of the City of Hopkinsville Code Ordinance Enforcement Board, said the board found that the city had met its burden of proof and declared the duplex at 147 North McPherson an unsafe structure.
The decision followed testimony and photographs from Code Officer Mark DeArmond, who said a police-assisted search-warrant inspection on Dec. 18 found nine people inside and documented ‘‘raw sewage’’ in the crawlspace, broken and boarded windows, holes in ceilings, exposed wiring, evidence of rodent infestation and drug paraphernalia. DeArmond said the condition met unsafe-structure criteria in the city’s property maintenance code and cited Appendix A of that code.
‘‘PBA records show, that, 147…
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