NORWAY — The owner of a Main Street apartment building will have more time to correct code violations cited months ago.

Town Manager David Holt said Code Enforcement Officer Joelle Corey-Whitman and Attorney Geoff Hole of Bernstein Shur in Portland went to Oxford County Superior Court on Wednesday morning and were told by a judge that additional inspections need to be made.

“The judge has called for additional inspections over the coming weeks to see if the owner can make progress on correcting the deficiencies,” Holt said.

The building is owned by Patrick McInnis, 70, who said he has lived at 168 Main St. for decades and does not want to leave despite a number of code violations.

The two-story building has four apartments, but it was unknown how many were occupied as of Thursday.

On Sept. 4, selectmen agreed to delay a condemnation vote after Corey-Whitman said she was hopeful the owner would make all the repairs soon.

But when she returned for an inspection, Corey-Whitman said there remained too many life-safety issues to allow the tenants and owner to remain there.

At that point, the town asked Hole to assist them in the situation and he advised officials to go to Superior Court to get the owner of 168 Main St. and his renters out of the building for their own safety.

McInnis has said he is trying to fix the deficiencies as quickly as possible.

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