Atlantic City Officials Seek Court Order for ‘Immediate Demolition’ of Trump Plaza Tower – By Jerry Lambe (Law and Crime) / March 12 2020
Atlantic City officials on Thursday announced that the city planned to file an injunction in New Jersey Superior Court to demolish Trump Plaza tower after an official inspection declared the crumbling building an “imminent hazard.”
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his chief of staff Ernest Coursey informed Atlantic City Director of Licensing and Inspections Dale Finch on Sunday that several of the tower’s exterior panels had fallen off of the building and plummeted at least 15 stories before crashing to the ground below, NJ.com reported. After meeting with a city construction official and conducting an inspection the property was declared an imminent hazard.
Utilizing drone footage, the city’s Fire Chief Scott Evans concluded that the debris had fallen from at least the eighteenth floor of the tower due to a combination of corrosion, water damage, and wind.
“These buildings need to be maintained, and they need to be kept safe,” Evans said. “The most important thing for us is public safety. We need to ensure that the owners of these buildings do not create a situation that is going to pose a threat or risk to the city, or to any pedestrians for that matter, that are within the vicinity of this building.”
Police officers have been stationed around the building to prevent pedestrians from walking too close to the collapsing facade while the city works to fence-off the area.
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