FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen unanimously agreed to an owner’s plan for the Ted Gay property at 130 Wilton Road on Tuesday.

Gay’s daughter, Andra Hutchins, offered to board up all windows and openings to prevent unauthorized entry and discourage vandalism and to mow the property regularly. She asked the board for a year to sell the property.

Board members requested a hole, where a former chimney might have been, be secured and all ground-floor windows be boarded up.

The board held a public hearing to consider whether the property is dangerous or a nuisance under state law. The hearing was tabled from September to allow Gay and his daughter time to respond with a plan.

Gay resides in a nursing home in Massachusetts and has given his daughter authority to maintain and sell the property, Anne Torregrossa, an attorney with Brann and Isaacson in Lewiston, told the board. Torregrossa said she represents father and daughter.

Torregrossa could not see how the vacant house fit the definition as dangerous or a nuisance as described by the law.

The owner is looking for time to secure and sell the property, a desirable location near town and the college, she said.

Hutchins’ husband mowed the lawn last week and intends to return to board up windows over the holiday weekend, she said.

Selectman Stephan Bunker suggested the owner may want to consider boarding all ground-floor windows, whether broken or not, to deter vandalism.

There have also been incidents where police found people in the home, police Chief Jack Peck said.

Keep them out of the building, Selectman Michael Fogg said, endorsing plywood covers to secure the windows. It is obviously vacant but the covers will keep it buttoned up.

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