107.2002
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING REVISION OF ORDER DATED
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DECEMBER 17, 2001 CONCERNING THE DEMOLITION
AND REMOVAL OF STRUCTURE OWNED BY
PYRAMID COMPANY OF GLENS FALLS
RESOLUTION NO.: 107, 2002
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury Director of Building and Codes Enforcement and the
Queensbury Town Board previously determined that the old Howard Johnson’s Motel and Blacksmith
Shop Restaurant buildings owned by the Pyramid Company of Glens Falls which are located at 524
Aviation Road in the Town of Queensbury (Tax Map No.: 302.05-1-96.1) have been vandalized,
sustained structural damage as a result of fire and are unsafe to the general public, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury Director of Building and Codes Enforcement and the
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Town Board determined that such buildings were unsafe and by Order dated December 17, 2001,
ordered Pyramid Company of Glens Falls to immediately begin demolishing and removing the
structures located at 524 Aviation Road in the Town of Queensbury and to complete the demolition
and removal process by February 20, 2002, and
WHEREAS, on February 11, 2002, the Town Board heard further evidence of proposed
actions by Pyramid Company of Glens Falls which Pyramid Company stated would render the
buildings to no longer be unsafe to the general public, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board considered such evidence and further evidence from the Town
of Queensbury’s Director of Building and Codes Enforcement, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board considered modifying its Order of December 17, 2001,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby revises its Order of December 17,
2001 concerning buildings owned by the Pyramid Company of Glens Falls as follows:
1.The Pyramid Company of Glens Falls will demolish, remove and re-grade the site of
both the Howard Johnson’s Office and the Blacksmith Shop Restaurant located at 524
Aviation Road in the Town of Queensbury;
2.The Pyramid Company of Glens Falls will remove all combustibles that are not
permanent fixtures in the building, including mattresses;
3.The Pyramid Company of Glens Falls will continue to provide patrols of the remaining
hotel structure (including an inside patrol) at least once a day during evening hours, to
ensure that no vagrants are gaining access to the building and creating problems;
4.The Pyramid Company of Glens Falls will provide satisfactory proof of items #1, 2 and
3 above to the satisfaction of the Town of Queensbury’s Director of Building and
Codes Enforcement;
5.The Pyramid Company of Glens Falls will provide the Queensbury Town Board and
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Director of Building and Codes Enforcement, by February 25, 2002, with a structural
engineering report concerning the remaining hotel building which will at least address
the damage to the roof, the water damage inside the building, structural integrity of the
building and proposed remedies, if required. Such remedies shall include correction of
existing holes in the roof. The Town of Queensbury’s December 17, 2001 Order as
hereby revised, will no longer require demolition of the remaining hotel building after
demolition of the Howard Johnson’s Office and Blacksmith Shop Restaurant;
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6.The Pyramid Company of Glens Falls will deal with the aesthetic issues of the
demolition and will submit its proposal concerning such issues at the next Queensbury
Town Board Meeting of February 25, 2002;
7.The Pyramid Company of Glens Falls will close off, make weather-tight and secure any
exposed surfaces of the hotel building caused by demolition and removal of the
Blacksmith Shop Restaurant and Hotel Office;
8.The Pyramid Company of Glens Falls will provide Queensbury Town Counsel with a
written agreement concerning these terms by Thursday, February 14, 2002. For the
record, the reason for this is so that the Town of Queensbury will not give up any of its
rights under the existing Order of December 17, 2001;
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that this Modification is contingent upon completion of all the numbered items
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above and if completion of such items do not occur by February 25, 2002, then the Town Board’s
Order of December 17, 2001 continues unmodified.
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Duly adopted this 11 day of February, 2002, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Stec, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Brewer
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 11 day of
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February, 2002 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 12 day of February, 2002.
SEAL SIGNED:______________________________________
Caroline H. Barber
Deputy Town Clerk I
Town of Queensbury
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