The Ludington Torch
Old Raven's Building Declared Unsafe by Building Inspector
At 115 E. Ludington Avenue, the entrance and egress doors have been blocked with tape and signs by the area's building inspector, Thomas Fulker. The reason behind the drastic measure appears to be violations of section 105 and 116 of the Michigan Building Code. Those sections deal with the absence of needed permits, and emergency measures to deal with imminent danger of the structure. Does anybody else know what predicated this move by the building inspector? Link to codes: https://ia802705.us.archive.org/33/items/gov.mi.existingbuilding/mi_existing.pdf
John Doe Jr
Prolly black mold...
Oct 23, 2017
AQUAMAN
I slowed way down to look today, and that store has a big sign in the window that says, Big Fish. It's the old Ben Franklin store, not the clothing store that Ravens ran. So, do they own both stores now?
Oct 23, 2017
XLFD
Back in the spring, I heard a report from a credible source that the Big Fish (commercial renters) owner was looking to hire a few immigrant workers and house them in the upstairs recesses of that place which is pretty much an attic which wouldn't pass muster with the city building code as living spaces. Other businesses on that block would likely be nervous about that since the attic spaces reportedly are interconnected, and so you could have had several improperly-documented immigrant workers up there during the cool seasons with space heaters and overloaded circuits creating a humungous fire hazard.
Worse, the fire would be likely to spread throughout those other buildings. I don't even want to begin with the health and hygiene issues that may have been part of that. It's sad what some people won't do for cheap black market labor.
Oct 24, 2017