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Lewis County reports CDBG demolitions; staff urges lender cleanup at condemned Oliver Place home
Summary
Lewis County planning staff said CDBG Imminent Threat grant funds paid for three demolitions so far and described a fourth pending case at a condemned Oliver Place home; county staff recommended giving a mortgage lender 60 days to remove remaining debris before the county undertakes demolition.
Grace Metzler of the Lewis County Planning Department told the Board that in 2024 the county secured $274,710 in CDBG Imminent Threat grant funds to address unsafe, blighted structures and "so far we've completed the demolition of 3 out of the 4 identified structures," including two county‑owned sites and properties in Port Leyden, Turin and along State Route 26.
Metzler described the sites and code findings that led to demolition recommendations: missing water, unsafe wiring, structural and foundation damage, fire damage and, for one Lowville property, post‑flood land…
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