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Austin panel continues case on decaying Westover Road home after neighbors urge demolition
Summary
The Building and Standards Commission heard competing appeals over a long‑vacant house at 1704 Westover Road on March 25, 2026. Staff recommended repair; neighbors urged demolition. The commission voted down a demolition motion and unanimously continued the case for a May 27 status update with social‑worker outreach requested.
Jeff Musgrove, presiding commissioner of the Building and Standards Commission, opened testimony on case CL2026013540 concerning a vacant, homesteaded house at 1704 Westover Road and invited Development Services staff to present the city’s findings.
Erica Thompson, a code supervisor with Austin Development Services, told the commission the case began with a February 2022 complaint and that repeated inspections, administrative citations and municipal‑court escalation followed. Thompson said the city obtained warrants and abated the property’s interior and exterior in January 2026 after she found trash and debris piled four to five feet high and unsecured doors. She recommended the commission adopt staff’s proposed findings and issue a repair…
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