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Home My WebLink AboutResolution #3395,~ RESOLUTION NO. 3395 A RESOLUTION DIRECTING DEMOLITION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 352 WEST SPRUCE STREET, CANTON, ILLINOIS WHEREAS, that by reason of recommendations of the Fulton County Health Department and Phillips and Associates, Inc. it has been made to appear that improvements at 352 West Spruce Street, Canton, Illinois, and more specifically described as follows: Lot 30 in Ripple's Subdivision of Lots 7, 8 and 15 of French's Addition to the City of Canton, situated in Fulton County, Illinois, is in dangerous and unsafe condition and that said real estate is owned Elsie Viola Thompson and Maurice L. Thompson. WHEREAS, 65 ILCS 5/11-31-1 et seq., Illinois Compiled Statutes empowers municipalities to demolish, repair and cause the demolition or repair of dangerous and unsafe buildings; and further empowers municipalities to apply to the Circuit Court for an Order to demolish, obtain a personal judgment for costs of demolition and the legal action, and obtain a lien on said premises and to foreclose on same; and, WHEREAS, the 15 day statutory notice notice has previously been given by City staff pursuant to prior instructions. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois that the building(s) located on the premises described above is hereby declared to be dangerous and unsafe within the meaning of the Statutes set forth in 65 ILCS 5/11-31-1 et seq., Illinois Compiled Statutes; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Canton City Attorney be and he is hereby authorized and directed to apply on behalf of the City of Canton to the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Fulton County, Illinois, for an Order authorizing the City to demolish said building, to obtain judgment for the costs of every kind, and to attach a lien thereto and to foreclose the same. -+ PASSED by the City Council of the City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois at a regular meeting this 16th day of September , 1997, upon a roll call vote as follows: AYES: Aldermen Shores, May, Nidiffer, Meade, Sarff, Phillips, Molleck, Hartford. NAYS: None . ABSENT: None. APP VED: 2 ~~ Donald E. Edwards, Mayor Attest: ~ i N cy Whites, ty Clerk (352Spruce)