HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 12, Page 1079, No Resolution Number107
A RELOULTIOAV DECLA.RIIIG A NUISW.TCE, FIRE DAAAGLD PROPERTY AT OR REAR Tial%
SOU' HEAST CORidER OF THE IRTERSnCTlOM OF 42FII AND BROAD'/AY IN TFIE CITY OF
PADUCAH, =,WTUCiiz;
U6'EREAS, a fire which occurred on or about the 7th day of January 1953,
destroying certain property at the southeast corner of the intersection of
4th and Broadway Streets in the City of Paducah, housing what was thenlv2own
as the Paducah Dry Goods Cogpan71 and Gladys Shop; and
M— RIAS, since the date of said fire the owners of said property have
failed to remove the rubbish, rubble and debris and the damaged walls and
fronts of the damaged and destroyed buildings thereon, and said rubble and walls
and fronts and the unsupported supports standing on said properties menace and
endanger the health and welfare of persons using the sidewalks and streets
abutting said premises and same prevent the City of Paducah from repairing the
sidewalks which were damaged on account of said fire for use of its citizens
and residents; and
, ZL_,RZAS, a reasonable time has elapsed from the date of said fire fbr the
owners of said properties, or their agents, to have removed said rubbish,
debris, rubble, posts, walls and fronts, but same not having removed and no
attempt having been made to cause same to be removed or the nuisance caused
thereby abated or removed;
Tl BEFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY TFW BOARD OF CO,,fjISSI01:'ERS OF TEECITY OF
PADUCAH, 11TUCKY.
SECTIOld 1. That the existing rubbish, debris, rubble, standing supports,
walls and fronts of properties located on the southeast corner of 4th and
Broadway in the City of Paducah, Kentucky, fronting 52 feet, more or less, or.
the south side of Broadway and running back 173.2.5 feet toward Kentucky Avenue,
which were destroyed or damaged by fire on or about the 7th day of January
1953, which properties were on said lots and occupied by Paducah Dry Goods
Company and the Gladys Shop, be and the same are hereby declared a public ruis-
ance as they now exist under the provisions of KRS 54.220, Subsection 3.
SECTIOtV 2. That the owners of said properties defined in Section I, or
their agents, be required to remove or cause to be removed or abated the
nuisance so declared in Section l hereof.
SECTION S. That should the owners of said property, or their agents,
fail or refuse to eliminate or abate said nuisance within 15 days from the
adoption of tMb resolution, Robert C. Cherry, .';ayor of the City of Paducah,
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under the terms of KRS 84.300, is hereby authorized to abate and remove
in a summary manner, and at the cost of the owners or occupants, the nuis-
ance declared to exist by this ordinance, or to instr.tct the Corporation
Counsel of the City of Paducah to institute the necessary legal action to
require the owners of said properties, or their agents, to abate and remove
same.
SECTIO!✓ 4. This resolution is not intended to relieve any property owner,
or his agents, from any criminal or civil liability he may incur under any
other statutg, ordinance or other laws or regulations.
SECTION 5. The City 14anager is hereby directed to mail copies of this
Resolution to the person or persons in whose name said properties are L9ted
for City taxes and at the address shown on said tax list.
SECTION 6. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and
after its adoption.
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Robert C. Cherry, ;,ayor
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Passed by the Board of Commissioners, February 24, 1953
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, February 24, 1953