Dilapidated Buildings and Nuisance Abatement

At a glance

• What: the City's dilapidated-building (nuisance) process under Lawton City Code Chapter 6: hearings declaring structures dilapidated, owner requests for more time to remodel after 180 days, approval of demolition invoices, plus nuisance-vehicle abatement.
• Where it stands: the Council handles these in a recurring Dilapidated Council meeting and on regular agendas, at street-name level in this record. The 2026-11-10 agenda adds an ordinance on abating nuisance vehicles on private property (notice to the owner, removal by a licensed wrecker service, owner pays costs).
• Next: the nuisance-vehicle ordinance and further extension, declaration and demolition-invoice items on the next agendas.

Sources

• 2026-09-08, agenda: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15148,plainText=false)
• 2026-09-08, agenda: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15160,plainText=false)
• 2026-09-08, approved minutes: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15267,plainText=false)
• 2026-10-13, agenda: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15357,plainText=false)
• 2026-10-13, addendum agenda: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15366,plainText=false)
• 2026-10-27, agenda: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15433,plainText=false)
• 2026-11-03, agenda: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15461,plainText=false)
• 2026-11-03, addendum agenda: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15466,plainText=false)
• 2026-11-10, agenda: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15493,plainText=false)
• 2026-11-10, addendum agenda: https://lawtonok.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=15509,plainText=false)

Log

2026-09-08 - City Council

• Agenda item 18 extended the Nuisance Abatement contract with the current vendor for 2026-10-20 through 2027-10-19 with no price change (consent).

2026-09-08 - City Council Dilapidated Meeting

• Consent agenda: five extension requests (NW Ozmun, SW Dr Charles W Whitlow, NW Taft, SW H and SW G Avenues) with staff recommending approval, and demolition invoices for six properties (SW New York, SW Washington, SW 45th, SW 74th, SW Dr Charles W Whitlow and SW I). Unfinished business: a declaration covering structures on SW Pennsylvania, NW Cache Road and NW Oak Avenue. Business items: staff recommends denying extensions on SW Summit and NW Taft; a hearing to declare structures dilapidated on thirteen properties across the city.

2026-10-13 - City Council

• Consent: extension requests for SW Jefferson and SW Oklahoma Avenues and demolition invoices for six properties. Unfinished business: declaration for structures on NW Bell Avenue, NW 44th Street, NW Cache Road and NW Oak Avenue. Business: extension request for SW Georgia Avenue. The separate Dilapidated Council meeting set for this date was cancelled.

2026-10-27 - City Council

• Consent: extension requests for SW 7th and NW 25th Streets and demolition invoices for four properties (SW H, SW Monroe, NW Williams and NW Lincoln). Business: a hearing on declaring structures on SW 4th Street dilapidated with authority for summary abatement and court action; staff recommends denying more time for SW Georgia Avenue.

2026-11-03 - City Council

• Addendum: staff recommends denying more time to remodel a structure on NW Baltimore Avenue.

2026-11-10 - City Council

• Consent: an extension request for SW Summit Avenue and a demolition invoice for SW Highland Avenue. Business: an ordinance amending Sections 15-5-506 and creating 15-5-508 on abating nuisance vehicles.