Lancaster Razes Official’s Damaged Home
A 17-year campaign by authorities in the Antelope Valley to get water board member Glenn Martin to clean up junk strewn in and around his Lancaster house ended when the city demolished the fire-damaged structure with a trio of bulldozers.
The unusual move came last weekend after city officials judged the house structurally unsafe due to damage from a 1989 fire. Martin, an elected board member of the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency, was prosecuted on charges of setting the fire but was later found not guilty.
The Lancaster City Council recently authorized the demolition, saying Martin had not repaired the house. He had also been repeatedly cited by the city for code violations.
Martin, who had already moved out of the house, could not be reached for comment.
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