Hearing set next month on design-code violation by building owner

YOUNGSTOWN — The attorney for Denise Powell, the owner of a downtown building, pleaded not guilty on behalf of his client to a charge that she violated the city Design Review Committee’s code by installing vinyl siding on the front of the structure.

Powell, 55, didn’t attend Wednesday’s arraignment in Youngstown Municipal Court. A hearing in front of Magistrate Anthony Sertick is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Sept. 12.

The committee, which oversees exterior work in downtown and surrounding areas, told Powell in 2008 that she had to use a hard fiber-cement siding on the exterior of her building at 25 W. Federal St. Instead, she had vinyl siding installed in mid-June on most of the front of the building, a violation of the DRC code.

If found guilty, Powell could be fined $100 a day.

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