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<br /> DATE: December 6, 2010
<br /> TO: Prosecuting Attorney, Soren Mattick
<br /> FROM: Building Inspector, Willie Gibbs ��iK�(J�j �C�c��/�j
<br /> SUBJECT: HAZARDOUS BUILDING INSPECTION AT 200 HOLLANDER ROAD
<br /> John Hollander Residence
<br /> Based on a recent administrative search warrant, our office conducted an inspection at the above
<br /> referenced property. Staff has been to this property numerous times throughout the past twenty years
<br /> due to neighbor complaints concerning junk and garbage, unlicensed vehicles, hoarding of cats,
<br /> uninhabitable structure, etc. The purpose of the most recent inspection, Friday, December 3, 2010 was
<br /> carried out to determine structural soundness and habitability of the house and other nuisance or
<br /> unhealthy conditions. .
<br /> Those in attendance included Planning & Zoning Coordinator, Melanie Curtis; Officer Fred Vargas and
<br /> myself.
<br /> Based upon the December 3, 2010 inspection by staff it is my recommendation that the structures on
<br /> the property be demolished and the foundations removed and filled in. Under 1311.0206 Section 206
<br /> of the 2007 Minnesota State Building Code "Unsafe Buildings or Structures" it states (and I paraphrase)
<br /> All buildings or structures regulated by these guidelines that are structurally unsafe or that are
<br /> otherwise dangerous to human life are, for the purpose of this section, unsafe. Any use of buildings or
<br /> structures constituting a hazard to safety, health or public welfare by reason of inadequate
<br /> maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence, fire hazard, disaster, damage or abandonment is, for the
<br /> purpose of this section, an unsafe use. All unsafe buildings, structures or appendages are public
<br /> nuisances and must be abated by repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal, according to Minnesota
<br /> Statutes, sections 463.1 to 463.26.
<br /> As the City of Orono Building Inspector, I submit that the house, garage, sheds, junk vehicles, garbage,
<br /> junk, septic system, well and all other remaining materials at 200 Hollander Road be declared a public
<br /> nuisance and be removed, demolished, and foundations filled in, as permanent relief of this
<br /> neighborhood nuisance. I offer the following descriptions as support for the request to abate:
<br /> 1) The owner of the property is deceased and no relation has or is willing to step forward to
<br /> provide relief. This is abandonment.
<br /> 2) The house did not receive winterization before the weather turned cold and subsequently the
<br /> plumbing froze and split filling the basement of the house completely full of water. This will
<br /> eventually freeze solid and undoubtedly cause severe damage to the foundation and possible
<br /> structural failure of the house. This is disaster and damage.
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