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e e e e e e On October 8, 1979, the La Porte City Clerk sent your mother (by Certified Mail) a copy of the Board's dangerous building report, along with a cover letter. The cover letter stated, in part, that if certain requirements were not met within a predetermined length of time, a public hearing would be held, and the date of such hearing. On November 14, 1979, (since no repair progress schedule had been negotiated by your mother with the building official as required), the City of La Porte Commission held the scheduled public hearing. At the hearing the Board of Inspection introduced their report and your mother's response to their report, After hearing the evidence presented, the Commission voted to uphold the Board's recommendation that the structure was dangerous, and must be demolished. The Commission also requested at this hearing that I write your mother in regards to their decision and find out how she would prefer to handle the demolition. On November 15, 1979, I wrote your mother as requested, and I received your reply to that letter on November 21, 1979. In your reply you stated in part: 1. We do not want it demolished. 2. We have torn off the porch that was ~angerous. 3. We have contracted to have a new roof put on. The Board of Inspection must point out at this time that: 1. You do not have a remodeling permit as required. 2. You have never negotiated a repair in progress schedule as required, 3. When repairs to existing structure cost in excess of fifty percent of the physical value are made, the building shall be made to conform to the requirements for new structures.