Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Wrecking Cincinnati: 2281 Rice St

NEIGHBORHOOD: Mount Auburn
YEAR BUILT: 1925
USE: Single-family dwelling
OWNER: Etta Douglas
ASSESSED VALUE: $4,000
ORDERS: February 2008, ordered vacated and barricaded due to a lack of utility service, hand rail deck, windows, and exterior paint.
CONDEMNED: February 2009, to a new owner. Additional issues cited included siding, cornice, and exterior steps. Criminal status against former owner. Orders to the current owner in February 2010. A civil fine was issued in August 2011.
HAZARD: February 2012.
REASON RAZED: Declared a public nuisance and entered into the City's hazard abatement program. Demolished using Moving Ohio Forward funding.
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