LEGAL NOTICE
October 30, 2017
Thomas E. Cline
Melissa S. Cline
1529 Rock Run Road
Walker WV 26180-5572
Sheriff of Wood County
1 Court Square
Parkersburg, WV 26101
State Auditor & Commissioner of Delinquent and
Nonentered Lands at the Office of the State Auditor
County Collection Division State Capital Building
Bldg. 1 Suite W-118 1900 Kanawha Blvd East
Charleston WV 25305
West Virginia State Tax Department
1001 Lee Street
Charleston West Virginia 25301
City of Parkersburg
P.O. Box 1627
Parkersburg WV 26102-1627
William Powell
Randall Snider
Community Bank of Parkersburg
631 Juliana Street
Parkersburg WV 26101
Any unknown and unrecorded deed or land contract holders, their heirs or devisees
RE: 810 Myrtle Street
Proceedings under Chapter 8, Article 1776 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Parkersburg, West Virginia, relative to a certain building located at 810 Myrtle Street, Parkersburg, West Virginia.
You are hereby notified that after proper investigation, the City of Parkersburg has determined that a certain building located at 810 Myrtle Street, Parkersburg, West Virginia, is in violation of the 2015 International Property Maintenance Code and is detrimental to the public welfare.
Said building is in violations of the following provisions of the 2015 International Property Maintenance Code:
The above structure is an unsafe building and is unfit for human occupancy or use. It shall not be reoccupied without approval of the Code Official. PM 105.
Structure unsafe, unlawful because of the degree in which it lacks maintenance or is in disrepair and other essential equipment required by this Code PM 105.
810 Myrtle Street
108.5 Prohibited occupancy. (HOUSE IS UNSECURED AND IS BECOMING A NUISANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.) Any occupied structure condemned and placarded by the code official shall be vacated as ordered by the code official. Any person who shall occupy a placarded premises or shall operate placarded equipment, and any owner or any person responsible for the premises who shall let anyone occupy a placarded premises or operate placarded equipment shall be liable for the penalties provided by this code.
305.1 General. (INTERIOR IS SEVERLY DAMAGED AND THE HOME IS UNINHABITABLE) The interior of a structure and equipment therein shall be maintained in good repair, structurally sound and in a sanitary condition. Occupants shall keep that part of the structure which they occupy or control in a clean and sanitary condition. Every owner of a structure containing a rooming house, housekeeping units, a hotel, a dormitory, two or more dwelling units or two or more nonresidential occupancies, shall maintain, in a clean and sanitary condition, the shared or public areas of the structure and exterior property.
108.1.5 Dangerous structure or premises. (STRUCTURE IS IN POOR CONDITION AND IS A NUISANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.IT HAS BECOME A BLIGHTED PROPERTY.)
For the purpose of this code, any structure or premises that has any or all of the conditions or defects described below shall be considered dangerous:
- The building or structure is neglected, damaged, dilapidated, unsecured or abandoned so as to become an attractive nuisance to children who might play in the building or structure to their danger, becomes a harbor for vagrants, criminals or immoral persons, or enables persons to resort to the building or structure for committing a nuisance or an unlawful act.
302.1 Sanitation.(TRASH AND DEBRIS NEEDS REMOVED AND TAKEN TO THE PROPER LANDFILL.) All exterior property and premises shall be maintained in a clean, safe and sanitary condition. The occupant shall keep that part of the exterior property which such occupant occupies or controls in a clean and sanitary condition.
You are therefore hereby directed to repair or demolish said building before the 15th day January 2018.
You are further notified that you have the right, within 10 days of the service of this notice, to demand a hearing before the Appeals Board at which meeting you shall have the right to be heard in full and introduce such relevant evidence and testimony as you desire. Such petition for an appeal must be in writing and must be delivered to the Code
Enforcement Division, Fourth Floor of the Municipal Building, Parkersburg, West Virginia. If written petition for an appeal is received, such hearing shall be held within 5 days, at a time and place to be designated by the Code Enforcement Division.
If no hearing is demanded by you, and said building is not repaired or demolished by the 15th day of January, 2018, then said building will be demolished by the City of Parkersburg, and a lien/suit will be taken against you and the Real Estate for the cost of demolition.
Respectfully,
/s/: Gary Moss
Code Enforcement Director
Oct 30, Nov 6, 13