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Stop-work order on 5th & Main leads to Board of Adjustments hearing; code issues flagged elsewhere

Smiths Grove City Commission · October 28, 2024
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Summary

Attorney Hamp Moore told commissioners the plat for the 5th & Main property was filed and a Board of Adjustments hearing will be scheduled after a stop-work order was issued and not followed; the commission also reviewed overgrown-property notices, burn-ban rules, and tenant hostility at a separate property.

Attorney Hamp Moore updated the commission Oct. 28 that the plat for a property at 5th & Main was completed and filed in October, and the city will seek a hearing before the Board of Adjustments to consider a requested variance. Moore said the property owner had been served with a stop-work order during construction and “never tried to comply,” and that the city will prepare a response for the hearing, likely in December or January.

Commissioners also discussed other code-enforcement matters. Chief Jason Franks reported notices have been sent for an overgrown property at 103 Kentucky Street, where the owner does not live in town, and that complaints have been filed about a property behind North Warren where tenants have been hostile toward city officials. Commissioner Jennifer Cartwright reminded residents that the city does not provide pickup for leaves and branches and urged proper removal; Chief Franks reiterated an October–December daytime burn ban (6 a.m.–6 p.m.) and said small permitted fires are allowed at night (6 p.m.–6 a.m.) with standard restrictions (no tires, trash, treated lumber).

Attorney Moore said he will attend the Board of Adjustments hearing and assist the commission in preparing its response to the variance request. The minutes record the city intends to set conditions and review them at the December meeting or January if December is full.

No formal enforcement adjudication occurred at this meeting; the matter at 5th & Main is pending a hearing.

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