By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
Logan Burns, Interim City Administrator and Building Official for the
City of Great Bend, conducted a visual inspection of a house located at 214
Locust Street. Burns noted that the south side of the structure has all the
siding missing leaving only the studs on the exterior.
Code Enforcement Supervisor Art Keffer said the west side shows two windows out
and a large hole in the siding that is open to the environment.
"They've taken out pretty much all of the windows and most of the roof," said Keffer. "It's not habitable by any stretch. This is the property that the owner of the land said the mobile home is not his."
The interior of the mobile home appears to be completely gutted. The owner
appears to have started demolishing the property, but progress seems to have
stopped.
The Great Bend City Council voted to schedule a public hearing for the unsafe
structure for Feb. 21. The hearing will allow owners or
citizens with an interest in the property to speak. Depending on the progress
of the repairs to the mobile home, the city council will decide whether or not
to raze the structure.