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Hamlet outlines multi-year plan to tackle dozens of abandoned, hazardous properties
Summary
Officer Dalton Millan told the Hamlet City Council the city has dozens of burned, abandoned or nuisance properties that pose safety hazards and will require years and new funding and equipment to remediate; staff proposed targeted demolitions, legal process refinements and possible use of remaining ARPA funds.
Officer Dalton Millan, who handles code enforcement for the Hamlet Police Department, delivered a sweeping inventory of abandoned, burned and nuisance properties and urged the council to commit more resources to removal and remediation. "We still have an 80% compliance rate where our code enforcement efforts" he said, while also warning that many burned structures contain hazardous materials and squatters and are substantial public-safety risks.
Millan showed photographs and a city map highlighting properties he labeled as the most severe, including addresses he said pose immediate safety risks (examples cited by Millan: 426 Champlain Street; 315 Henman Street; 398 High Street; 427 Car Street, the former New Hope adult care home). He described categories of properties—burned structures that are…
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