Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Code Enforcement topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Hobbs designates multiple properties as dilapidated and offers owners pathway to remediation
Summary
The commission adopted Resolution 77 60, finding multiple properties 'ruined, damaged, and dilapidated' and requiring remedial action; staff outlined inspection histories, safety concerns and next steps while some owners explained recent or planned clean-up efforts and staff offered to assist with compliance steps.
Assistant City Attorney Amber Lehigh and Community Services staff asked the commission to declare a set of properties ruined, damaged or dilapidated and in need of remedial action. Staff reviewed the condemnation histories, citations and photographs for a list of addresses; common factors included open/unsecured structures, fire damage, roof failure, trash and transient activity.
Two attendees spoke for properties on the list. Rekha Bursega said she was speaking on behalf of an estate after her father passed and said the family had begun cleanup and sought staff guidance; staff said they would work with the family on permits and timelines. Glenn Payne identified himself as a recent inheritor of another property with longstanding trash and transient issues and requested time to address conditions; staff said they would provide timelines and resources.
Staff emphasized the ordinance process is intended to encourage remediation, not immediate demolition, and offered contact information and procedural help for owners who want to come into compliance. The commission moved and approved the condemnation determinations that were before it.
Next steps: code enforcement and community services staff will provide owners with compliance steps, timelines and available resources; the commission’s action starts the formal process that could lead to further remedial enforcement if owners do not act.
