Hearing Officer Reviews Unsafe Properties
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
A home at 415 N. Cook St., previously inhabited by Jeanine Kinsey, has been deemed unsafe.
It has unsecured windows in the home that need to be fixed and secured, and the home's grass needs to be cut. A shed on the property needs to be demolished, according to Warsaw building commissioner Todd Slabaugh.
Clifford previously ordered the demolition of the shed at a Dec. 1, 2009, hearing, but the shed is still standing, according to Slabaugh. The shed has broken windows, doors and a caved-in roof.
During Monday's hearing, Clifford imposed a $5,000 fine and ordered that the shed and home be secured. He reset the hearing for Aug. 16 at 1:30 p.m. at city hall to revisit the issue.
Kinsey did not attend Monday's hearing.
Slabaugh sent a letter to Kinsey dated April 13 that said he received a call from Mike Cox, Warsaw Police Department, informing him there are windows broken in the home and said the home and shed needs to be secured.
The letter also stated if the conditions continue as they have in the past the city will be forced to seek a vacate, seal and demolition order on the home.
In other business, Clifford reviewed the Harrison Lake Development Harrison Ridge Subdivision property.
The city has sent the property owner letters since 2007 asking them to address missing or failed silt fences, fixing storm inlets and fixing major erosion that has occurred along the driveway along the north edge of the development.
Steve Carlisle, vice president and project manager for Harrison Lake Development, said during the hearing he is waiting for the weather to get better so he can seed the area to prevent erosion.
Clifford said he would like Carlisle to work on erosion control, and said if Carlisle is in compliance before Aug. 16 he will not have to appear at another hearing on that date.
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A home at 415 N. Cook St., previously inhabited by Jeanine Kinsey, has been deemed unsafe.
It has unsecured windows in the home that need to be fixed and secured, and the home's grass needs to be cut. A shed on the property needs to be demolished, according to Warsaw building commissioner Todd Slabaugh.
Clifford previously ordered the demolition of the shed at a Dec. 1, 2009, hearing, but the shed is still standing, according to Slabaugh. The shed has broken windows, doors and a caved-in roof.
During Monday's hearing, Clifford imposed a $5,000 fine and ordered that the shed and home be secured. He reset the hearing for Aug. 16 at 1:30 p.m. at city hall to revisit the issue.
Kinsey did not attend Monday's hearing.
Slabaugh sent a letter to Kinsey dated April 13 that said he received a call from Mike Cox, Warsaw Police Department, informing him there are windows broken in the home and said the home and shed needs to be secured.
The letter also stated if the conditions continue as they have in the past the city will be forced to seek a vacate, seal and demolition order on the home.
In other business, Clifford reviewed the Harrison Lake Development Harrison Ridge Subdivision property.
The city has sent the property owner letters since 2007 asking them to address missing or failed silt fences, fixing storm inlets and fixing major erosion that has occurred along the driveway along the north edge of the development.
Steve Carlisle, vice president and project manager for Harrison Lake Development, said during the hearing he is waiting for the weather to get better so he can seed the area to prevent erosion.
Clifford said he would like Carlisle to work on erosion control, and said if Carlisle is in compliance before Aug. 16 he will not have to appear at another hearing on that date.
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