Colonial Beach officials want demolition order verified
By Regina Weiss, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va. | |
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Town Manager
The council passed a resolution last week seeking additional information about the order.
Colonial Beach Schools Superintendent
The building was heavily damaged in a
After receiving the letter, the
However, Town Attorney
"It appears to me that the notice is potentially invalid," she said.
Erard recommended that the
Davis deferred comment on the issue to Foulds, who said she did not wish to comment. Foulds said she is working to answer the council's questions.
All seven council members, including the mayor, said they did not know about the violation notice prior to Newman receiving it.
Council member
Council member
The
The small school system is in the midst of putting classroom trailers on the current high school campus for more than 300 elementary school students who were displaced after the fire. Their classroom trailers were in the "collapse zone" of the old high school.
Razing the damaged building would cost at least
Since the violation letter only refers to the school's address, every building on the property would have to be torn down, Trivett said.
Before the letter arrived, the
Trivett said he planned to work with town officials to find possible uses for salvageable structures, such as a new home for the town's police department.
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