1017 E. Fort Wayne St. Home To Be Demolished
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By David [email protected]
Monday afternoon, Hearing Officer Larry Clifford ordered the property demolished with respect to all the respondents, including Raymond Hubert, Worcester, Mass.; Danielle Wasmer/Service Link, Westminster, Colo.; Seterus, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Robert Hubert, Worcester; Rebecca L. Koskie, Worcester; Feiwell & Hannoy P.C., Indianapolis; and Farmers State Bank, Warsaw.
At the April 18 Code Enforcement Hearing, Clifford reset another hearing for the property to Monday to give time for Code Enforcement to notify respondents who had not been notified about the April hearing.
The property is up for sheriff’s sale next week. The original property owner died in 2014, and two of the respondents – Robert and Raymond Hubert – are the owner’s sons and one – Koskie – is a daughter.
Ray Behling, Code Enforcement, told Clifford Monday that the daughter called and left a message, but he could not reach her and she never called back. Zannie Powell, City of Warsaw Building Department administrative assistant, said the daughter left a message for Behling to call her, but when he did the phone number was disconnected and that was within about an hour of her message.
Clifford asked if there was any buyer interested in the property. “Yes, but I don’t think his interest will be known until last minute,” Powell said.
Behling said he had a meeting with him Monday morning and invited him to the meeting but he was a no-show. Behling said they explained to the potential buyer the condition of the property, procedures and things he would have to do to obtain a permit. He was shown pictures and the condition of the property as the city saw them were detailed. Behling said the man was aware of the sheriff’s sale.
Powell said the property went to sheriff’s sale before and there were no buyers. Someone made a low offer to the realtor but they wouldn’t sale at that price, Behling said.
The property at 1017 E. Fort Wayne St. has multiple units and has been vacant for a number of years. Behling said it was still secure. There’s been no communication from the bank on it.
At the April hearing, Behling testified that the cost of repairs would be about $120,000 and demolition would be about $14,000.
“I’m going to, with respect to these newly served respondents, in addition to the demolition order I entered on April 18, with respect to the other respondents, I am ordering this demolished on the finding of a significant deterioration with the cost of repairs greatly exceeding the cost of demolition. I’m ordering it demolished, so removed and inspection passed by today’s date,” Clifford ruled. “So what we’ve done in those two orders is accomplished everything for all those respondents.”
In one other matter before Clifford, a hearing for the property at 1010 E. Clark St. was reset to 1:30 p.m. June 20. At the April 18 meeting, the hearing for the property owned by Lionel Garza was reset to Monday as Behling said Garza was working on bringing it into compliance. Garza was given 30 days.
Behling estimated Monday that Garza was about 40 percent done with bringing the property into compliance.
Clifford told Powell to send Garza a letter that the hearing was reset 30 days and that the “financial civil penalty of $5,000 is still open.” He will make a determination on that penalty at the June 20 hearing based on Garza’s compliance. The $5,000 is the maximum allowed under statutes.[[In-content Ad]]
Monday afternoon, Hearing Officer Larry Clifford ordered the property demolished with respect to all the respondents, including Raymond Hubert, Worcester, Mass.; Danielle Wasmer/Service Link, Westminster, Colo.; Seterus, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Robert Hubert, Worcester; Rebecca L. Koskie, Worcester; Feiwell & Hannoy P.C., Indianapolis; and Farmers State Bank, Warsaw.
At the April 18 Code Enforcement Hearing, Clifford reset another hearing for the property to Monday to give time for Code Enforcement to notify respondents who had not been notified about the April hearing.
The property is up for sheriff’s sale next week. The original property owner died in 2014, and two of the respondents – Robert and Raymond Hubert – are the owner’s sons and one – Koskie – is a daughter.
Ray Behling, Code Enforcement, told Clifford Monday that the daughter called and left a message, but he could not reach her and she never called back. Zannie Powell, City of Warsaw Building Department administrative assistant, said the daughter left a message for Behling to call her, but when he did the phone number was disconnected and that was within about an hour of her message.
Clifford asked if there was any buyer interested in the property. “Yes, but I don’t think his interest will be known until last minute,” Powell said.
Behling said he had a meeting with him Monday morning and invited him to the meeting but he was a no-show. Behling said they explained to the potential buyer the condition of the property, procedures and things he would have to do to obtain a permit. He was shown pictures and the condition of the property as the city saw them were detailed. Behling said the man was aware of the sheriff’s sale.
Powell said the property went to sheriff’s sale before and there were no buyers. Someone made a low offer to the realtor but they wouldn’t sale at that price, Behling said.
The property at 1017 E. Fort Wayne St. has multiple units and has been vacant for a number of years. Behling said it was still secure. There’s been no communication from the bank on it.
At the April hearing, Behling testified that the cost of repairs would be about $120,000 and demolition would be about $14,000.
“I’m going to, with respect to these newly served respondents, in addition to the demolition order I entered on April 18, with respect to the other respondents, I am ordering this demolished on the finding of a significant deterioration with the cost of repairs greatly exceeding the cost of demolition. I’m ordering it demolished, so removed and inspection passed by today’s date,” Clifford ruled. “So what we’ve done in those two orders is accomplished everything for all those respondents.”
In one other matter before Clifford, a hearing for the property at 1010 E. Clark St. was reset to 1:30 p.m. June 20. At the April 18 meeting, the hearing for the property owned by Lionel Garza was reset to Monday as Behling said Garza was working on bringing it into compliance. Garza was given 30 days.
Behling estimated Monday that Garza was about 40 percent done with bringing the property into compliance.
Clifford told Powell to send Garza a letter that the hearing was reset 30 days and that the “financial civil penalty of $5,000 is still open.” He will make a determination on that penalty at the June 20 hearing based on Garza’s compliance. The $5,000 is the maximum allowed under statutes.[[In-content Ad]]
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