Mold forces apartment tenants to vacate homes

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Mold forces apartment tenants to vacate homes

Published: Sunday, May 30, 2010 8:09 AM CDT

Telluride, CO

http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/05/30/news/doc4c01b56c19708588760276.txt

Tenants in Mountain Village's Telluride Apartment complex are being ordered to

vacate their homes within the next four weeks because of mold.

Twenty four units have dangerous spore counts and six remaining units will stay

occupied through the summer, and then vacated in the fall.

" Mold is everywhere, " said Mountain Village Building Official Chad Root. " No one

should be in this sort of situation. "

In March, Telluride Apartments owner Bosley was ordered by the Town of

Mountain Village to pull a building permit and hire a professional industrial

hygienist to inspect the units for mold and make a recommendation.

That hygienist is Plateau Engineering's Lakin. According to Lakin's

report, 24 apartment units should be vacated immediately with the other six

units inhabitable, but only until the fall, due to excessive mold. Based on the

information within the commissioned report,

Bosley informed the town last week that he intends to vacate the entire

apartment complex within two-to-four weeks due to his concerns regarding

tenants' health and safety.

The Mountain Village Building Department has issued several Notice and Orders

within the past two years for substandard conditions at Telluride Apartments.

These conditions have deemed the apartment complex a dangerous building per the

Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings.

The last Notice and Order was given in March 2010, and outlined several code

violations including the requirement to hire a licensed Colorado industrial

hygienist to confirm that occupied units in Telluride Apartments prove to be

safe. As previously stated, the hygienist's findings showed mold levels high

enough to affect one's health.

The future of the complex is still in question.

" I will probably end up condemning it because it's not habitable, " Root said.

" In order to crack the problem right now, it would either have to be demolished

or completely renovated. "

Editor's note: Watch next week's Daily Planet for an in-depth look at this

issue.

[Guest guest]

Telluride? Wow, Thats pretty high up there. A shame that can happen in such a

wonderful place. Been there many times. Wow.

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Mold forces apartment tenants to vacate homes

Published: Sunday, May 30, 2010 8:09 AM CDT

Telluride, CO

http://telluridenews.com/articles/2010/05/30/news/doc4c01b56c19708588760276.txt

Tenants in Mountain Village's Telluride Apartment complex are being ordered to

vacate their homes within the next four weeks because of mold.