Gaylord council seeks final plans for fire-damaged home by Dec. 12

Paul Welitzkin, The Petoskey News-Review
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Over a year ago, Terry Moore acquired this fire-damaged home at 231 E. Petoskey St. and planned to remodel the structure. The Gaylord City Council wants Moore to submit final plans to the building department for the home by a scheduled Dec. 12 meeting of the council.
Over a year ago, Terry Moore acquired this fire-damaged home at 231 E. Petoskey St. and planned to remodel the structure. The Gaylord City Council wants Moore to submit final plans to the building department for the home by a scheduled Dec. 12 meeting of the council.

GAYLORD — Over a year ago, Terry Moore acquired a fire-damaged home at 231 E. Petoskey St. and planned to remodel the structure.

At a hearing and notice to show cause order for Moore at Monday night's Gaylord City Council meeting, some council members and Mayor Todd Sharrard expressed frustration with the slow pace of the home's rehabilitation.

Now the council wants Moore to submit final plans to the building department by its scheduled Dec. 12 meeting.

"He has to either get the plans to the building department that they need in order to issue the building permits required or he has to plan on coming to the meeting along with the building department so we can get an update on why is this is still open," said Paul Slough, city attorney.

Slough said the city took action on the property and Moore about a year ago because there didn't appear to be much activity, prompting some neighbors to complain.

"He has made significant progress improving the exterior (of the home)" and Moore has cleaned up some siding used on the home that was strewn around the property, added Slough.

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In other matters, council approved the use of a trailer by the developer of the Aspen Bluff Luxury RV Park at 254 Little League Dr. off of M-32 East for temporary office space.

The M32 Development Group is behind the project, which would include RV sites, a pool, restaurant, convenience store, retail space and a carwash. Currently, the developer is using an existing building on the site for office space, which they plan to tear down.

However, council rejected the firm's request to continue using a well after the city water service is connected to the project.

"They wanted to keep the existing well once they were hooked up to city utilities for irrigation purposes. Council decided they had to cap the well once they were connected to city water service," said Kim Awrey, city manger.

— Contact reporter Paul Welitzkin at pwelitzkin@gaylordheraldtimes.com.

This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: Gaylord council seeks final plans for fire-damaged home by Dec. 12