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HEARING FOR STRUCTURE CLAIMED TO BE DANGEROUS OR UNSAFE.
Presented by: Thomas Stolz, Assistant County Manager, Public Safety and Code Enforcement.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Open the hearing, receive public comment, and close the hearing. Adopt the resolution and authorize the Chairman to sign.
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On or about April 5, 2016 fire damage occurred to a residence located at 16511 W. 87th Street S., Clearwater, Kansas. The structure was a total loss.
Pursuant to K.S.A. 40-3903 and Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code Sec. 2.6.010 et seq., Sedgwick County received 15 percent of the insurance proceeds ($9,000.00) on May 17, 2016. The purpose for the County’s receipt of the insurance proceeds is so that the County could make a dangerous, unsafe, or abandoned structure safe and secure through repairs or demolition of the structure, if the owner, for whatever reason, would not take the steps to repair or demolish the structure.
Tom Stolz, Director of the MABCD, has filed a statement in writing that the structure at 16511 W. 87th Street S. is dangerous and unsafe. An assessment has also been completed by the Sedgwick County Health Department to assess some of the health and safety concerns located on the property.
In order for the County to find that the property is dangerous and unsafe and for the County to potentially utilize the insurance proceeds for any repairs to or demolition of the structure, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) is required to set and hold a hearing on the matter. The BOCC would then make findings within a resolution.
If, at any time ahead of the hearing, the owner would cause the property to no longer be dangerous or unsafe, the insurance proceeds would be released and provided to the owner.
Alternatives: Do no open the hearing and allow the property to remain as is, unless the owner takes steps to cause the property to no longer be dangerous or unsafe.
Financial Considerations: Holding of thes...
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