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Joplin board orders demolition of 701 South McKinley after dangerous‑building hearing
Summary
After hearing testimony and reviewing photos and title records, the Joplin Building Board of Appeals found 701 South McKinley unsafe and ordered its demolition, citing multiple sections of the city code. The board admitted evidence and voted to demolish the structure and any outbuildings.
The Joplin Building Board of Appeals on Aug. 22 ordered the demolition of 701 South McKinley, finding the structure unsafe and unlikely to be rehabilitated.
Andrea Noblack, representing the City of Joplin, opened the dangerous‑building hearing and called Shelly Dallison, the city’s lead dangerous‑building inspector, as the first witness. Dallison testified that the building is “gutted on the inside, and it appears that the electricity… the wiring has been taken,” and pointed to photographs she took showing broken windows, a bowed back porch wall and other signs of structural deterioration. She said the property had been posted as a dangerous structure in June and that certified notices had been sent to the owner of record, Aldo Garcia.
Dallison summarized the code violations she observed and read the relevant findings from the Joplin code, citing a list of conditions that, in her opinion, make the building unsafe: rotted sills and windows, sagging/deforming walls, overloaded or weakened floors and roof, lack of serviceable electrical systems and evidence of vagrancy inside the gutted structure. She recommended demolition.
The city introduced multiple exhibits into evidence: photographs of the property, a title search showing the owner of record, certified mail return receipts and a series of published notices in the Joplin Globe advising of the demolition hearing. Noblack told the board the publication ran on four dates and that the certified mail records included signed return receipts.
With no members of the public present to contest the evidence, a motion was made and seconded to declare 701 South McKinley a dangerous building under Chapter 26, Articles 9 and 10 of the Joplin Code of Ordinances and to order its demolition, including outbuildings. The board voted in favor and the motion carried.
The order instructs the city to proceed with demolition arrangements consistent with the ordinance. No roll‑call vote tally was recorded in the hearing transcript; the board’s action was announced as carried. The meeting record was kept open to include the affidavit of publication and the meeting minutes.
The board adjourned after completing the item.
