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e e ~~~ CITY OF LA PORTE INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM TO: DATE: 10/11/83 David A. Pauli~~. FROM: Mark s. Lew~V SUBJECT: Ed Wolf's house 100 Block N 3rd City Council, in the September 21, 1983 Public Hearin& granted Mr. Ed Wolfl 30 days (from September 21, 1983) to pull permits; and 120 days (from October 21, 1983) to repair his house located in the 100 block of North 3rd Street (legal description lot 31-33, block 57). The morning after the Council meeting I sent Mr. Wolf the enclosed letter specifying the repairs the house requires and the time period allotted to complete tnem. After receiving the letter, Mr. Wolf contacted the Inspection Department by phone. He said he wanted to reboard the house, close the openings around the botto~ and not do any other repairs as the house is to be used strictly for personal storage and will not be occupied. Section 8-122 The City's Dangerous Building Ordinance (#1145) specifies -- "the order shall further require, as the facts may justify, that the Owner shall either repair such building in compliance with the Building Code of the City"- -. In addition during the public hearing, we (you and I) specified that all repairs must meet housing code standards. When Mayor Cline called for the vote on whether or not to allow Mr. Wolf to repair the house, she specified that the repairs must be to all applicable code standards. I believe we are on solid ground with the Dangerous Building Ordinance if we require the house to be completely repaired and brought to Housing Code Standards. However, all of Council's instructions to Mr. Wolf and the Board of Inspections were verbal. This has apparantly left room for some misunderstanding on Mr. Wolf's part as to the extent of the repairs that must be made to the house. To clarify the misunderstanding, I recommend we approach Council and request a clarification as to their intent. We should also request written copies of their decision for both Mr. Wolf and ourselves. If Council should decide that securing the house is adequate, we should have a set of "board up" specifications ready. We should, again, request written copies of the decision and make sure the "board up" specifications are included. Finally we should set up a procedure where all of Council's decisions on dangerous buildings are issued in writing. bb