LEGAL NOTICE
City of Parkersburg
PO Box 1627
Parkersburg, WV 26102
304-424-8594
Carl Patrick Barringer
69200 St. Rt. 124
Reedsville OH 45772-9020
Sheriff of Wood County
1 Court Square
Parkersburg, WV 26101
Randy L. Brooks
William G. Powell
Community Bank of Parkersburg
631 Juliana Street
City of Parkersburg
#1 Government Square
P.O. Box 1627
Parkersburg WV 26101
Any unknown and unrecorded deed or land contract holders, their heirs or devisees
RE: 653 E. EIGHTH 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 653 E. EIGHTH STREET, Parkersburg, West Virginia.
You are hereby notified that after proper investigation, the City of Parkersburg has determined that a certain building located at 653 E. EIGHTH 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:
TWO STORY GRAY STRUCTURE
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.
653 E. EIGHTH STREET
304.1 General. (Home needs to be on the Vacant Property Registration list as required. The exterior of the home is deteriorated. The home is not properly secured as homeless are living there)
108.1.1 Unsafe structures. (Rome has become a nuisance and is a blight to the neighborhood)
304.2 Protective treatment. (Exterior needs painted or sided)
302.1 Sanitation.(Trash and debris needs removed from property and hauled to the landfill)
302.4 Weeds. (Overgrown and not properly maintained)
304.9 Overhang extensions. (Soffit and fascia needs repaired)
304.5 Foundation walls. (Foundation repairs required)
304.15 Doors. (Basement door missing allowing homeless and rodents to enter)
You are therefore hereby directed to repair or demolish said building before the 1st day of December, 2017.
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 1st day of December, 2017, 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 17, 24, 31