Friday, December 28, 2012

Wrecking Cincinnati: 1211 Chapel St

NEIGHBORHOOD: Walnut Hills
YEAR BUILT: 1900
USE: Multi-family dwelling (12 units)
OWNER: Nverse LLC c/o Jeff Lane
ASSESSED VALUE: $130,200
ORDERS: December 2007, ordered barricaded. Orders reissued in February 2008, ordered vacated and barricaded due to vandalism, including the theft of copper pipes.
CONDEMNED: September 2009, adding gutters and downspouts, exterior paint, and weeds and litter. A criminal case was filed that month, but was dismissed nine months later for want of prosecution.
HAZARD: May 2012, adding broken and missing windows and water damage.
REASON RAZED: Declared a public nuisance and entered into the City's hazard abatement program.
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