441.2001
RESOLUTION SETTING HEARING CONCERNING UNSAFE STRUCTURE
OWNED BY PYRAMID COMPANY OF GLENS FALLS
RESOLUTION NO.: 441, 2001
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec
WHEREAS, David Hatin, Town of Queensbury Director of Building and Codes Enforcement,
has inspected the old Howard Johnson’s Motel and Blacksmith Shop Restaurant building owned by the
Pyramid Company of Glens Falls located at 524 Aviation Road in the Town of Queensbury (Tax Map
No.: 302.05-1-96.1) and has found that it has been vandalized, has sustained structural damage as a
result of fire, is unsafe and therefore should be demolished and removed as more specifically set forth in
Mr. Hatin’s letter presented at this meeting, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Hatin has advised the Queensbury Town Board that in his opinion the
building is dangerous and unsafe to the general public and therefore would like the Town Board to take
action if the property owner fails to demolish and remove the structure, and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Queensbury Town Code Chapter 60 and New York State
Town Law §130(16), the Town Board may, by Resolution, determine whether in its opinion a
structure is unsafe and dangerous, and if so, order that notice be served upon the owner or other
persons interested in the property that the structure must be renovated or demolished and removed,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that after reviewing the evidence presented at this time, the Queensbury Town
Board is of the opinion that the old Howard Johnson’s Motel and Blacksmith Shop Restaurant building
owned by the Pyramid Company of Glens Falls located at 524 Aviation Road in the Town of
Queensbury (Tax Map No.: 302.05-1-96.1) appears to be dangerous and unsafe to the public, and
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BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board shall hold a hearing concerning this property on December
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17, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. in the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Director of Building and
Codes Enforcement to serve a notice setting forth its determinations upon the property owner or its
executors, legal representatives, agents, lessees, or any person having a vested or contingent interest in
the property, the contents, service and filing of the notice to be in accordance with the provisions of
Queensbury Town Code Chapter 60 and New York State Town Law §130(16).
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Duly adopted this 3 day of December, 2001, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Turner
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Martin
I, Caroline H. Barber, Deputy Town Clerk I of the Town of Queensbury, Warren County, New York,
do hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing with the original resolution as listed above
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adopted at a Regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury held on the 3 day of
December, 2001 at which a quorum was present and that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and
of the whole original thereof to date.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and the SEAL of said Town of Queensbury,
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this 4 day of December, 2001.
SEAL SIGNED:____________________________
Caroline H. Barber
Deputy Town Clerk I
Town of Queensbury
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