BOH03.2003
RESOLUTION DECLARING A HEALTH HAZARD AND SETTING
HEARING CONCERNING UNSAFE PROPERTY OF BILLY JOE MEADER
LOCATED AT 24 GARNER STREET - TAX MAP NO.: 309.11-1-16
BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION NO. 3, 2003
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury’s Director of Building & Codes Enforcement has
advised the Town of Queensbury Local Board of Health that he has received a complaint concerning a
septic system overflowing on property owned by Billy Joe Meader and located at 24 Garner Street,
Queensbury (Tax Map No.: 309.11-1-16), as more specifically set forth in Mr. Hatin’s letter dated
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December 2, 2002, and
WHEREAS, the Director has investigated and inspected the property and has advised that the
septic system has overflowed on the property and therefore, in his opinion, there are violations of the
Town’s Sanitary Sewage Ordinance, the property constitutes a health hazard and nuisance to the
neighborhood, is unsafe to the general public and therefore the Director strongly recommends that the
Board of Health take action if the property owner fails to correct the septic system, and
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WHEREAS, the Town’s Health Officer has advised the Town by letter dated January 2,
2003 that in his opinion the property is a public health hazard and therefore has strongly recommended
that the property be corrected and brought into compliance with the Sanitary Sewage Code,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that, upon reviewing all of the evidence presented at this time, the Town of
Queensbury Local Board of Health is of the opinion that the property owned by Billy Joe Meader
bearing Tax Map No.: 309.11-1-16 and located at 24 Garner Street, Queensbury is a health hazard
and appears to be a potential object of attraction to rodents and animals, a nuisance, unsafe and
dangerous and therefore the property must be corrected and brought into compliance with the Town’s
Sanitary Sewage Ordinance, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board finds the premises to be uninhabitable due to the failed
septic system, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the property owner shall immediately commence correcting the septic
system and cleaning-up the property unless good cause is shown by Mr. Meader or other interested
persons whereupon the Town Board shall consider a time extension, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that if the septic system is not replaced by the date of the public hearing and
evidence of such replacement is not provided to the Town Board, then the Town Board intends to
declare the premises to be uninhabitable and will order the property vacated and water service to the
uninhabitable property shall be terminated, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury Local Board of Health shall hold a hearing
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concerning the property on January 27, 2003 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
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Codes Enforcement to serve a notice setting forth its determinations upon the property owner and the
tenant, or 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 New
York Public Health Law.
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Duly adopted this 6 day of January, 2003, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner
NOES : None
ABSENT : None
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