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Resident cites family medical emergency; commission gives 60 days for repairs or demolition at 4701 South Riverside
Summary
At a Fort Worth building-standards hearing, Toby Evans said his brother is in stage-four cancer and asked for extra time; after staff documented structural and health hazards staff sought 30 days but the commission ordered 60 days for the owner to repair or demolish the primary structure and three accessory structures at 4701 South Riverside Drive.
At a Fort Worth Building Standards Commission hearing, code compliance officer Franklin Young described severe structural and health hazards at 4701 South Riverside Drive, including a collapsing exterior brick wall, a decayed roof with breaches, interior collapse and floors covered with feces and trash. Young told commissioners the city had secured the vacant structure, executed an administrative search warrant and recommended the commission declare the structures substandard and hazardous and require…
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