By Jackie Seabolt
Davie Enterprise
COOLEEMEE - Two houses were condemned and are slotted to be demolished by burning after the town board approved a text amendment to its fire code at their July meeting.
The homes, both on Riverside Drive, are empty.
According to commissioner Tommy Daywalt - who is a relative of one of the original homeowners who is now deceased - one of the heirs to the estate wanted to know how the board could take the home and do what they want with it since it wasn’t in foreclosure.
“A town never owns a property it condemns,” replied attorney Brian Williams. “All the heirs have been notified. You’re condemning the structure, not the dirt, it’s still theirs.”
The board had to approve an amendment to the current fire code which prohibited the intentional burning of any structure within the town due to the close proximity of homes.
Williams proposed changing the amendment to prohibit burning ...