Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Wrecking Cincinnati: 1814 Wyoming Ave

NEIGHBORHOOD: West Price Hill
YEAR BUILT: 1940
USE: Single-family dwelling
OWNER: SLD Properties Inc.
ASSESSED VALUE: $55,630
ORDERS: May 2005, for walkways, porch guardrails and handrails, exterior steps, wall covering, water heater, and electrical fixtures. Following a foreclosure, orders were reissued for the electrical fixtures in January 2008, and orders were issued for the roof, flashing, gutters and downspouts, and windows in October 2008. In July 2009, the house was ordered vacated and barricaded. A civil fine was issued in May 2011, two months after the orders were reissued.
CONDEMNED: May 2011, then again in July 2011. In November 2011, City attempts to reach the owner were unsuccessful. The phone had been disconnected. When offered at two different sheriff's sales, the property failed to sell. New condemnation orders were issued in December 2011. A civil fine was levied in January 2012.
HAZARD: May 2012.
REASON RAZED: Declared a public nuisance and entered into the City's hazard abatement program.
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