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RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners declare said structures a nuisance, and order the buildings demolished with related debris removed from the property by a private vendor approved through standard bid procedures. Staff further recommends that the Board adopt the attached resolution authorizing the Building Official to report the county's demolition and debris removal cost for each structure to the county attorney for the preparation and recording of alien to be placed on the real property of the owner of each demolished unsafe structure for the purpose of recovering the county's costs. Building Division Director Ester Rymer advised the Board that she would like to give Dorothy Collier an additional 45 days to make substantial improvements to her property. She would also like the Board to grant her the discretion to allow Ruth Williams and Roosevelt Banks and Carrie Copeland the opportunity to demolish their respective properties themselves. ON MOTION by Commissioner Adams, SECONDED by Commissioner Ginn, the Board by a 4-0 vote (Commissioner Macht being absent) adopted Resolution 97-015 providing for the demolition of unsafe structures and the recovery of costs (Dorothy Collier, Blackburn & Williams, Elijah Griff, Ruth Williams, Roosevelt Banks and Carrie Copeland, Inez Rievers Workman); while giving the Building Official discretion to allow Ruth Williams and Roosevelt Banks and Carrie Copeland the discretion to demolish their properties themselves and authorizing the Building Official to grant Dorothy Collier 45 additional days to make substantial improvements. RESOLUTION NO. 97- 1,; A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE DEMOLITION OF UNSAFE STRUCTURES AND THE RECOVERY OF COSTS. WHEREAS, Indian River County has adopted the Standard Unsafe Buildings Abatement Code (SUBAC), 1985 Edition (at Section 401.01, Indian River County Code); and " WHEREAS, Section 701 of the Standard Unsafe Buildings Abatement Code provides for the recovery of the costs of repairs to and/or demolitions of unsafe structures by policies and procedures established by the local governing body; and WHEREAS, Section 100.080 of the Indian River County Code provides that the Board of County Commissioners may cause, by resolution, a lien to be filed in the Official Record Books of the County against the owner of property or person responsible for compliance with the Code for the costs incurred by the County; and BOOK 100 PAGE"733 3 MARCH 49 1997 21