closed #31894
Unsafe Buildings
1101 W 7th ST
- Case Date:
- 3/23/2005
House on corner next to B.G. Pollard lodge - has been vacant and unsecured. Needs to be boarded up.
House on corner next to B.G. Pollard lodge - has been vacant and unsecured. Needs to be boarded up.
Mr. Waxler reports people living at this house with no utilities on. He stated that this has been going on for quite a while.
Mr. Richard Clemmons, lives across street @ 1208 and called to complain about groundhogs all over 1205 and coming into his garage, he called animal control and they told him to call us, unless they enter his home. (?) At any rate he said the abandoned home has not been lived in for 10+ yrs and door is boarded up and he state looks like roof is caving at one corner.
Neighbor said property is vacant. Structure foundation is open and built on 2 x 4's laid on dirt.
Foundation open, dangerous, trenched out all the way around,
Caller stated that the house has been vacant for 6 - 8 months. He is now seeing people coming and going leaving the doors open. He is concerned about the safety of the house and that vagrants are sleeping in it.
Large hole beside & underneath house - approx. 15' deep.
No electricity and no water.
White 2-story house in the 700 block of W. 7th St. is boarded up, but someone has partially removed a board from the window at the rear of the property. Neighbors have been seeing people in the upstairs at night. The stairway area at the rear of the house, which leads from the basement to the outside is full of water, which is several feet deep. The basement must be full of water. Ms. Stanfield is concerned that a child could drown.
Overturned shed in back yard.