South Hutchinson sets Oct. 26 hearing on whether shed at 320 E. Avenue C is repaired or torn down

A shed at 320 E. Avenue C could be ordered repaired or demolished after South Hutchinson's City Council set a public hearing for 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, at City Hall, 2 South Main Street. The council has already adopted Resolution No. 26-14, which sets the hearing; the city's announcement does not give the date the council voted or a tally.

The hearing is the step at which the council decides whether the structure is unfit and, if it is, whether it must be fixed or removed. According to the city's announcement, property owners, agents, lienholders of record, occupants and other interested parties may appear before the council and present evidence on whether the shed should be condemned or repaired. The announcement does not describe the shed's condition or say why it was flagged.

According to the announcement, the resolution directs the city clerk to mail certified notices to all parties of interest within three days of its first publication and to publish it for two consecutive weeks in the Ninnescah Valley News. The announcement does not say when that first publication runs.

The same legal mechanism operates at far larger scale next door, where five vacant Hutchinson houses faced a condemnation hearing in August as that city moved on $218,615 in demolition work.

Parties with an interest in the property should watch for certified mail, and the text of Resolution No. 26-14 can be read at South Hutchinson City Hall.

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