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Seymour council notifies owners of multiple dilapidated properties, sets short deadlines
Summary
The council voted to notify owners of several long‑vacant properties that they must secure or remediate their buildings and to revisit compliance next month; it gave one owner one month to board a house and another owner six months to address repairs before considering condemnation.
Seymour’s city council moved on a package of dilapidated‑property items, instructing staff to notify owners that remediation or conveyance is required and setting short deadlines for visible problems.
At a public hearing, staff described multiple long‑vacant structures with utilities disconnected for years and said the city’s ordinances require structures be secured to keep people and animals out. “At the very, very minimum… they have to be boarded to people and animals,” staff said. The council voted to contact owners of items 24 through 28 and to revisit the properties at the next meeting, warning the condemnation process could start if there is no progress.
Council also set discrete deadlines for two individual properties. For the property at 409 North Hackett, council gave the owner one month to board windows and large openings to meet the city’s securing specifications; the owner said he had already purchased doors and supplies and replied, “It’ll be done.” For 306 North Foley, the council accepted a motion to give the owner (Mister Henderson) six months to make repairs before further action.
Staff described the city’s notice process and possible next steps: an initial notice followed by a revisit at the subsequent meeting, and, if noncompliance continues, a condemnation action that could include teardown bids and liens. Staff told the council the typical condemnation cost is about $600–$800 per house and that owners usually have a short ticketing window under ordinance before further penalties apply.
The actions were procedural: council approved a motion to notify owners and to reassess compliance at the next meeting. No demolitions were ordered at this meeting; the council emphasized outreach and the opportunity for owners to bring properties into compliance before condemnation proceedings begin.
What happens next: staff will send letters notifying owners of required remediation and will report back at the next monthly meeting with any responses or progress.
