Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Wrecking Cincinnati: 1124 Winfield Ave

NEIGHBORHOOD: West Price Hill
YEAR BUILT: 1906
USE: Single-family dwelling
OWNER: Roosevelt Elliott
ASSESSED VALUE: $57,850
ORDERS: January 2006, for porch and siding. Orders reissued to a new owner in January 2007, and then again, adding porch guardrails and windows, in April 2007. Orders reissued to new owner in March 2009, adding roof and gutters and downspouts. A civil fine was issued in October 2009.
CONDEMNED: July 2011, to the new and current owner. A criminal case was filed in March 2012. In May 2012, the owner, who was already in jail at the time, was found guilty. He was given a 180 day suspended jail sentence, court costs, and a year of probation, plus required to achieve compliance through a Vacant Building Maintenance License (VBML) or demolition.
HAZARD: September 2012.
REASON RAZED: Declared a public nuisance and entered into the City's hazard abatement program. Demolished using Moving Ohio Forward program funding.
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