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"..- 94 I - - --- -- - --- -: a~ the Council Chambers in the City Hall in the City of Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, and it appearing to the Com- ~<~ mon Council I ~, ~~ That complaints have been made by residents and pro- prietors of business houses situated near the property herein described and' that a report has bee'n made by the Ci ty Attorney, the Fire Chief, the Chief' of Police, the Building Inspector and the Chairman of the Health Com- mittee, declaring said building to be a dangerous build- ing in fact and. a dangerous building under the provisions of Ordinance N.o. 8292' and a 'nuisance. I The Council thereupon proceeded to a hearing and' examined various persons upon behalf of the city, including various city officers and m~mbers of ' the Cbuncirwho had inspected the building, and no one appeared on behalf of the owner of said building, to~wit: Jennie L. Frasier and Brownell.' Frasier, and the Council after having heard all remonstrances protests and objections, and being fully 'advised in the premi's,es, at thl s t line makes. its' Find.ings, a.s f.ollows:- That said building be and the same is hereby declared to be a dangerous building as a matter of fact and also the same is hereby declared to be a dangerous building as defined in Ordinance No. 8292 of the City of Eugene, passed bi the Com~ mon Council !v1ay9~, 1932, and approved by the Mayor May 10,,1932. 2. That said building be and .the same is hereby. declared, to be a public nuisance. 3. That owing to the dilapidated and dangerous condition . of the bUilding and the unsanitary condition thereof and ~s general condition of disrepair, it is impossible to ren'ovate, reconstruct or repair the building, because it,ls within the fire limits of the City of Eugene and a reconstruc~ion required I under the ordinances of the city cannot be superimposed upon the present structure. That it cannot be made safe and sanitary. 4. 'Fhat it is, the judgment of the Council tha't the building should be removed and the nuisance abated. 5. That the building is now being used as a restaurant and rooming house, but that .it Is a fire trap for those who are sleep- ing there and that it is dangerous for anyone to be in the build- ing. 6. That said building should be forthwith vacated and should be immediately torn down and removed completely. That said building is situated on the West half of Lot 8~ Bk 2. of Skinner t s Donation to Eugene, Oregon, and is known as N,o.. 57 Sixth Avenue East, and is located near the business district of Eugene and is withip the fire limits and cannot be repaired under' the City ordinances except by completely reconstructi,ng the same. That the lower floor of said building is used as a restaurant and the second floor as a rooming house. That the stairway to said ,second floor is in a dilapidated condition and in such a weakened condition as to endanger the lives of persons using it, by reason of the probability of its partial or entire collapse. I That the entire building is filled with noxious odors, the halls are dark and the rooms without ventilation. That there are two stove pipes from the kitchen range going through the board caling without proper clearance, and one stove pipe going through two; board partItions with improper clearance~ That there is some inflammable material, all of which things are likely to cause fire or danger to the safety of such building I and to human life. That if a fire should occur in said building there is little likelihood of anyone escaping from the upstairs. That there is an unsanitary, unvented toilet on the second floor, and no garbage cans for 'the kitchen waste.' , That the entire building is in a filthy and uns8%iJJitarycon- dition and liable to cause the spread of contagious and infectious disease. ~ ,