The city removed a derelict building at this location on 101 Street on Tuesday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)

By Angela Brown

Safety issue

City focuses on dealing with derelict buildings

Mar 1, 2023 | 5:16 PM

The City of North Battleford removed two derelict residential properties this week for safety reasons.

Crews demolished one building at the 1400 block on 101 Street in North Battleford Tuesday.

The city’s director of protective services, Lindsay Holm, said this site was severely damaged due to a fire. The site was then put on the city’s Nuisance Abatement Bylaw process to have it removed.

A second property was demolished at 1522 100 Street in North Battleford, Wednesday morning.

The city said in a release the 100 Street demolition would be done mainly through the back alley for this derelict property that was deemed unsafe.

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Holm did not anticipate any significant disruption to traffic flow on 100 Street during the work.

The city planned to use some heavy-duty vehicles on 100 Street to help with the clean up work, to avoid obstructing traffic.

The city asks people to be careful around this area until all the work is done later today.

Holm said the city has focused on addressing various derelict buildings in North Battleford for a number of years now.

“All of those properties that are being taken down are properties that we’ve identified through our Nuisance Abatement Bylaw, [from] our Community Safety Officers [CSOs] doing property orders,” he said.

As that progresses, Holm said, the property owner can comply and fix up the property. If that isn’t done, the city will move forward with an order to remedy the property and have it fixed. Then, if that fails, the city has the ability under the Nuisance Abatement Bylaw to order the property demolished.

“Typically, those ones are reserved for the more severe cases,” Holm said.

“The city is always trying to work hard towards ensuring that properties are well kept within the city,” he added. “That’s why we have property orders that are given out by the CSOs. So, really our expectation is that when people get property orders that they are adhered to as quickly as possible, and within the time frames that they are given. They [the CSOs] do a remarkable job at trying to keep our city clean and tidy, and safe for everyone.”

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