Carmel authorizes requests for proposals to address long-vacant gas station at 1 Fowler Ave

The Town Board voted Sept. 2 to authorize the building inspector to solicit proposals for cleanup and correction of town-code violations at the property known as 1 Fowler Avenue (T.M. 4417-1-45), described at the meeting as an abandoned gas station the board has been working on for years.

A board member said state authorities previously addressed contamination and that the site remains partially contaminated but is "slowly cleaning itself up." "It's been an abandoned gas station for 14 years… it's well overdue to get this taken care of," the board member said.

The resolution instructs the building inspector to prepare and solicit proposals under Chapter 114 (property maintenance) of the Town Code. The board approved the resolution unanimously and described the step as moving a long-standing code-enforcement effort forward.

Provenance: resolution read and discussion SEG 297–329.