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Weed City Council adopts resolution to address blighted 153 Main Street property
Summary
After reviewing photos and multiple inspections, the Weed City Council adopted Resolution 221-2025 correcting a citation date and directing next steps on a long-troubled, red-tagged building at 153 Main Street owned by Joyce Oliver.
The Weed City Council voted to adopt Resolution 221-2025 by title, correcting the issuance date of citation A1361 to March 18, 2025, and to proceed with enforcement options to address a long-standing blighted property at 153 Main Street.
At a public hearing, city staff presented photographs and a timeline showing the building was red-tagged as uninhabitable in August 2022 and cited repeatedly this spring. The council heard that the most recent citations related to continuing structural and safety hazards, including a sinking southwest corner, a cracked south wall, boarded and broken windows, water intrusion and interior mold, failing staircases without handrails, and electrical scorch marks indicating live power in part of the structure.
"The most serious issues that I see are the structural issues," said Mike Britton, the building inspector, describing visible separation in the facade and a crack that runs up to the parapet. City staff said an engineered plan requested from the owner has not been submitted and that one previously engaged structural engineer withdrew for health reasons.
Legal counsel summarized the city's enforcement options, including abatement (the city performing work and placing a lien), receivership and pursuing court processes that can lead to a forced sale or recovery through liens. "If that's granted and then you can enter the property and abate it yourself," the city attorney said, outlining the abatement-and-lien route and noting it would require additional procedure and hearings.
Council members pressed staff on realistic timelines and remedies. Staff told the council that securing the building to remove immediate hazards — boarding openings, securing doors and removing energized risks — could be required within roughly 30 days, while full rehabilitation could take substantially longer and, if pursued by the city through receivership, might extend to years.
Mayor Parham moved adoption of the resolution with a clerical correction to the citation date; the motion passed by voice vote. The council directed staff and counsel to research and present options for abatement, lien enforcement and other legal strategies to bring the property into compliance and protect neighboring properties.
What happens next: staff will return with a proposed enforcement strategy and legal options, and the council flagged receivership, abatement-to-lien, and possible court remedies as paths to pursue if the owner does not meet deadlines.
