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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT . 858 PEARl . .. e July 17, 1985 Gordon Ell i ott 4026 West 11th Avenue Eugene OR 97402 NUISANCE ABATEMENT AT 938 JEFFERSON STREET Notice is hereby given that the re~ains of the building described as a two-story, wood-frame house and the accumulation of machinery and other materials on the property addressed as 938 Jefferson Street (17-03-51-2 4 --05l00) constitutes a nuisance under Chapter 6 of the Eugene Code. Said property is declared to be a nuisance and a dangerous building under Eugene Code 8.005 203(b}and unsafe for the following reasons: l. The building because of extensive fire on July 15, 1985, is over 98 percent destroyed (EC Section 8.005 203[b]). e 2. Because of the fire, the remainder of the wood framing and contents of the structure are an attractive nuisance (EC Section 6.0l0[b]). 3. The property contains an accumulation of junk, rubbish, trash, litter, and debris in the form of old boards, building materials, containers, furniture, and other refuse matter deleterious to public health (EC Section 6.0l0[c]). . 4. The property contains an array of abandoned vehicles and trailers which constitute an attractive nuisance and potential danger to unauthorized persons (EC Section 6.0l0[b]). 5. The property contains conditions which attract or are likely to attract, feed or harbor, rats or mice (EC Section 6.0l5-6.035). 6. The condition of the property and the building in such a burned-out condition d~tracts from the appearance of the neighborhood and lessens the value of neighboring property thereby constituting a general nusiance. You, as the owner, have the responsibility to abate the nuisance within 14 days from the date of this notice pursuant to Eugene Code Section 6.080. Failure to abate the nuisance within 14 days may cause the City to abate the nuisance and charge the cost to you, or assess the cost against the property. e