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City Wants Vacant Building Torn Down
The city has filed a lawsuit against the owners of the building saying it needs to come down.
BATAVIA, IL -- The city of Batavia has filed a lawsuit against the owners of a vacant, west side industrial building that was damaged by a fire in 2014 and now houses several code violations, including mold, rotted wooden support beams, missing lights, tons of debris and no connection to city sewer, the Daily Herald reports. City officials want to tear down the building and contend the building at 126 Mallory St. is uninhabitable and beyond "reasonable repair."
The Daily Herald reports city officials wrote in the lawsuit, which has been filed against the building's owners Edgar and Diane Dewell and Mark One Ltd., that "the defendants have taken no action to correct the numerous code violations, nor have they sought an appeal of the condemnation finding."
A fire started at MasterCast, Inc., in March 2014, which was one of the tenants in the building at the time, according to the Daily Herald. MasterCast has since moved to a different location.
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The demolition lawsuit is next expected in court on Dec. 1.
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