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Property owners win 60‑day delay as council moves to declare multiple structures public nuisances
Summary
After several owners and residents asked for more time, the Mobile City Council voted to delay demolition orders for multiple addresses (including 613 Ruth St., 1163 & 1167 Texas St., and 2513 Kerrigan Drive) for 60 days and heard emotional public comments explaining requests to salvage belongings, complete sales or obtain permits.
The Mobile City Council voted to lay over demolition orders for several properties for 60 days after owners and residents asked for more time to secure buyers, permits or to remove personal effects.
At the public hearing on proposed nuisance declarations, Reginald Chambliss, who said he represents 1163 and 1167 Texas Street, asked the council not to tear down homes his family built and said he had found a buyer for one property. “I would ask and appreciate that if the council would…
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