OXFORD — Selectmen have approved an order for the removal of a building destroyed by fire in April.
The order records the actions of the Sept. 3 selectmen’s meeting, where the board authorized Town Manager Michael Chammings to draft the document. It declares the structure a dangerous building and a nuisance, and calls for the building to be demolished and all debris to be disposed of properly.
The house at 47 Roller Rink Road, owned by Kevin McGowan, caught fire after winds spread a bonfire to the building. According to a letter from Chief Scott Hunter of the Oxford Fire Department, McGowan lived periodically at the building after the fire, and the property was littered with garbage and has no electricity or water.
Rodney Smith, the town’s code enforcement officer, also declared the structure unsafe, unsanitary, a fire hazard, and unsuitable for occupancy. According to state law, municipal officers can order the demolition of a building if it is determined to meet such conditions or otherwise pose a danger to the public.
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