Comments on: Oakhurst Home on 2nd Ave Falls Over

By: jason mayer

jason mayer — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:01:08 +0000

Yeah this house has been boarded up for years. Rats finally chewed through the foundation.
either that or one of the peacocks from down the street landed on the roof.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:17:18 +0000

Ah, that explains it. Thanks, Scott.

Well, at least the neighbors now have an empty field for their kids to play in.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:52:27 +0000

The zoning doesn’t matter. It’s in the floodplain, which the city doesn’t define. It’s a Fed thing, and establishes everything from construction standards to insurability.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:42:27 +0000

“…since it can never be developed.”

Is this true? If so, I’m shocked that the city would forgo (forego?) several thousand dollars in annual property tax revenue by never letting a landowner build a new home on property that is zoned for residential.

By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:48:46 +0000

It will hold as much value as an undevelopable property in a flood plain can hold. It really should become part of the City’s urban farm plan since it never can be developed.

Given the state of that house, I was shocked that the city let them attempt to rehab it in the first place.