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Board of Zoning Appeals affirms emergency vacate for 1 East Main Street
Summary
The Town of Newburgh Board of Zoning Appeals unanimously sustained an emergency vacate order for the commercial building at 1 East Main Street after staff and out-of-jurisdiction inspectors documented sloping floors and other unsafe conditions; the owner and contractor discussed hiring structural engineers and temporary mitigation measures.
The Town of Newburgh Board of Zoning Appeals voted unanimously to affirm an emergency vacate order for 1 East Main Street after staff presented inspection findings that staff said showed unsafe structural conditions.
Chris Wisher, speaking for town staff, told the board the emergency authority was used because "the premises be vacated until such time as it is made safe" and that the hearing’s limited purpose was to review the necessity of that emergency action, not to set cleanup costs. Riley Jones, the town’s building commissioner and enforcement officer, said she inspected the building with an Indiana Department of Homeland Security inspector and Evansville building inspectors and identified pronounced floor slope and…
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