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CHAIRMAN WODTKE EXPLAINED THAT WE HAVE TWO CHOICES - WE CAN EITHER DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE OR MS. LAWSON MUST RECONSTRUCT THE HOUSE TO MEET THE BUILDING CODE STANDARDS. HE NOTED THAT SHE'WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME PLANS DRAWN FOR THE BUILDING DIRECTOR TO APPROVE TO BRING THE HOUSE TO CODE, AND ASKED HER IF SHE HAD ANY IDEA OF THE COST THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED. SHE SAID THAT SHE DID NOT AND STATED THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE WINDOW OUT. BUILDING DIRECTOR.RYMER INFORMED HER THAT SHE MUST HAVE A TERMITE INSPECTION MADE TO SEE IF THE BOARDS ARE ROTTEN. THE PLUMBING MUST WORK AND THE ELECTRICAL WIRING MUST BE SAFE. SHE STATED THAT SHE WOULD HATE TO SEE MS. LAWSON PUT HER HARD EARNED MONEY INTO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT WORTH IT. COMMISSIONER Loy POINTED OUT THAT MS. LAWSON HAS NOT TRIED TO FIX THE HOUSE UP IN OVER TWO YEARS, AND SHE REPLIED THAT SHE HAS NOT HAD THE MONEY. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED HOW LONG MS. LAWSON HAD OWNED THE HOUSE AND SHE STATED ABOUT ZO YEARS AND THAT SHE LIVED IN IT UP UNTIL SHE WAS IN A CAR WRECK IN 1972. THE CHAIRMAN NOTED THAT IT COULD TAKE AS MUCH AS $10,000 TO RECONSTRUCT THE HOUSE, AND MSr LAWSON STATED THAT SHE WOULD RAISE THE MONEY IF SHE HAS TO. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED HER IF SHE OWNED THE LAND, AND SHE STATED THAT SHE OWNS ONE LOT. COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT THIS BOARD IS ALWAYS EXTREMELY SYMPATHETIC, BUT SHE FEELS THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HAS INDICATED THAT THIS PARTICULAR STRUCTURE IS HAZARDOUS AND A NUISANCE AND THAT MS. LAWSON HAS CORROBORATED THIS. SHE NOTED THAT MS. LAWSON DOES HAVE SOMEWHERE TO LIVE AND THE BOARD HAS HAD NO INDICATION WHEN ANYTHING COULD BE DONE TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO PROCEED TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND DEMOLISH THE HAZARDOUS STRUCTURE OWNED BY MARY ELLA LAWSON, LOCATED ON LOT 5, BLOCK 1, .KENNINGS ADDITION TO QUAY. 31 NOV 15 1978 4