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Jefferson County board denies six appeals of unsafe-structure declarations after due-process dispute
Summary
The Jefferson County Building Code Board of Adjustment Appeals on March 5 denied six appeals from business owners challenging county unsafe-structure declarations for commercial properties; owners' attorney argued notices and inspection records were not provided before shutdowns, while county officials said life-safety findings and measurements supported the actions.
The Jefferson County Building Code Board of Adjustment Appeals on March 5 denied six appeals from commercial property owners who had challenged county declarations that their buildings were unsafe.
Attorney Frank Prince, representing the property owners, told the board the county’s January 8 letters were not part of the administrative record until the week before the hearing and that, as presented, the county had “what is essentially a taking of private property without any due process.” Prince argued inspectors had backdated documentation, used gross square footage without documented exclusions to inflate occupancy, and had not provided inspection reports or recorded measurements required under the code.
“[T]he primary issue we’re dealing here … is we have what is essentially a taking of private property without any due process,” Prince said, pressing that the board’s…
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