POLAND — Selectmen on Tuesday declared that the building at 1171 Maine St. is dangerous and ordered that it be demolished.

Code Enforcement Officer Nick Adams advised the board during a public hearing that he posted the property against occupancy in December 2015 after viewing it with Fire Chief Mark Bosse and Maine Department of Environmental Protection officials.

Adams said the visit was prompted by a leak in an outside fuel tank that resulted in the loss of about 200 gallons of kerosene. He said he found the building unsafe, unstable and unsanitary.

Adams said the DEP cleaned up the fuel spill, but the building cannot be repaired and should be demolished.

Adams originally called for the building to be demolished within 30 days. However, resident Dan Ouellette told the board he is in the process of acquiring the property and believed it could take him up to 60 days.

Selectmen agreed to the extension.

Adams also informed selectmen that the order they gave some 60 days ago for the demolition of the dangerous building at 555 Johnson Hill Road had expired.

“They have a backhoe on the site, ready to go, but need a little more time,” Adams said.

Selectmen extended the demolition order until April 19.

Meeting with Ralph Sawyer to discuss a consent agreement Sawyer had proposed to resolve a violation of the subdivision law regarding Sawyer’s Tripp Lake Road property, selectmen recommended he follow Adams’ suggestion to take the matter to the Planning Board.

In other business, selectmen signed an agreement for the town to take responsibility for the maintenance of a flashing pedestrian light to be installed on Route 26, at a crossing from a point beyond the high school to the gas station/convenience store. The solar-powered light is part of the Five Corners reconstruction project scheduled this summer.

Selectmen tabled action on an agreement that provides for sharing the costs for maintenance of traffic lights at Five Corners with Mechanic Falls, pending resolution of a number of questions the board raised concerning exactly what was to be maintained.

The board elected Walter Gallagher as chairman and Stanley Tetenman as vice chairman.