Stearns St. apartment to be boarded up

Friday, July 11, 2014 10:06 PM EDT

By STEVE COLLINS STAFF WRITER

BRISTOL The city plans Monday to board up a condemned apartment building at 47 Stearns St.

The public works department intends to tear down the buildings decrepit porches and board up its windows.

The city issued a condemnation order on the property on July 7, ordering tenants to leave within 48 hours because of the unsafe conditions.

Building Official Guy Morin said the porches and stairs represent an imminent danger to the occupants and ordered their removal because they represent an attractive nuisance which may result in the injury of any individual who may venture on or near them.

The cost of the work will be levied against the owner in the form of a tax lien.

The owner of the property, Aaron Cohen of Avon, who could not be reached, owns the 114-year-old building under the name 22 Silver St., LLC of Plainville.

He told city officials he couldnt afford to make the required repairs.

Tenants of the 12-unit building have been scurrying to find alternative housing with city help.

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Stearns St. apartment to be boarded up