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RESOLUTION?
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWAT'ER, FLORIDA, FINDING AND
DECLARING BUILDINGS LOCATED AT 905 & 907 HART STREET TO BE UNSAFE
BUILDINGS, ORDERING THE BUILDINGS REPAIRED OR DEMOLISHED, AND
ORDERING THAT THE COST OF DEMOLITION BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE
PROPERTY.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the procedure established in Section 138.02, Code of
Ordinances, and the Standard Building Code, relating to unsafe buildings, the
Building Official of the City of Clearwater has caused to be inspected the
following- described real property and the buildings situated thereon:
Lot No. 15 & 16, Block C
Plaza Park Subdivision
The record title holder to said property appears to be:
Aztec Insurance Company c/o Joseph Faulk
4700 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33137
and
WHEREAS, based upon said inspection, the Building Official determined that
said property and the premises are unsafe, unsanitary and unfit for human
habitation, and such buildings are unsafe buildings within the meaning of that
term as set out in Section 138.02, Code of ordinances, and the Standard Building
Code, relating to unsafe buildings; and
WHEREAS, on May 9, 1991, written notice was furnished to the owner by
certified mail setting forth the deficiencies and violations and advising the
owners that they had until June 20, 1991 to,, demolish the structures or to
complete repairs to the structures in order to correct the deficiencies and
violations; and
WHEREAS, following an appeal to the Municipal Code Enforcement Board of the
City of Clearwater, the Board found the owner to be in violation of Section
138.02, Code of Ordinances, and gave the owner until July 3, 1992 to complete
repairs; and
WHEREAS, final compliance date for this correction has passed and said
deficiencies and violations have not been corrected; and
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WHEREAS, the owner has filed no appeal from the Order of the Building
Official to the Building Board of Adjustment and Appeals or from the Order of the
Municipal Code Enforcement Board to the Circuit Court; and
WHEREAS, the Building Official has recommended to. the City Commission that
the buildings situated on the above - described property be demolished pursuant to
Section 138.02, Code of Ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission conducted a public hearing on said matter on
Thursday, November 5, 1992, following the publication of notice as required for
said hearing;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA;
Section 1. The City Commission, after proper notice and public hearing,
and having considered the evidence and testimony presented, finds that no
objections have been filed or presented or that the objections filed or presented
are deemed insufficient, and further finds that the above - described real property
and the buildings situated thereon are unsafe, unsanitary, unfit for human
habitation and dangerous and detrimental to the health, safety, and general
welfare of the community, and do not property comply with the requirements of
Section 138.02, Code of Ordinances, and the Standard Building Code, relating to
unsafe buildings.
Section 2. The City Commission does hereby concur with the finding and
determination of the Building Official of the City as set forth as Exhibit A
hereto, and the owner is ordered to repair, alter or improve said premises and
the buildings thereon or remove or demolish such buildings within thirty (30)
days after the passage and adoption of this resolution in accordance with the
requirements of the Standard Building Code as referred to in Section 138.01, Code
of Ordinances.
Section 3. A certified copy of this resolution shall be immediately mailed
by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the occupant, if any, at the
street address of the property, and to the owner of the property addressed and
indicated on the current tax roll of Pinellas County, Florida.
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Section 4. If the occupant or owner fails to properly comply with this
resolution within the said thirty (30) day period, the City Manager shall proceed
to cause the removal or demolition of said buildings and shall charge upon those
benefitted and the property such special assessment of the necessary costs
incurred as determined by the City Commission and shall provide that such
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assessment be a lien upon the real property.
18th February, 1993
PASSED AND ADOPTED this Wdh day
Mayor- commissi er
ATT T:
City s'ierk
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