A city board on Thursday will consider whether to demolish a Lawton Road duplex that burned this summer. (Photo by Tom Scott)
A city board on Thursday will consider ordering the demolition of a Lawton Road duplex that burned this summer.
The board will also consider ordering the repair or demolition of a warehouse on Tuskegee Drive that has a deteriorated exterior and exposed or open roof.
The Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals will also consider whether to declare one abandoned unit in a duplex on Bettis Lane to be unfit for human occupation or use, and to order that it be repaired.
The board meets at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Municipal Building Training Room.
A meeting agenda said the Bettis Lane duplex unit has been neglected, is extremely unsanitary, and insects and rodents have been observed.
The owners of the Lawton Road duplex are interested in selling their property to the city, the agenda said.
The board is re-hearing the case of the Tuskegee Drive warehouse. Ceiling and roof sheeting and rafters are deteriorated and have been repeatedly exposed to moisture, and there are electrical system hazards and general fire safety violations, the agenda said.
NB says
The warehouse on Tuskeegee drive has been a liability for too long. The owner should be held accountable for its condition immediately. Let’s hope that when it has been removed, someone’s eyes will open to the abandoned semi trailers less than a tenth of a mile down the road and the abhorrent appearance of the horsey riding club that owns them.
mushroomcloud says
How dare you that warehouse is a storage facility with straw for the horses at the stables. News to you huh!!!
Wanda says
get your facts straight first. the riding club does not own the trailers. they belong to someone else that owns the other half of the warehouse. members only own the horse trailors not the semi trailers.