City officials approved a condemnation order Tuesday for a house at 500 S. Cherry St. in Columbus.
City code enforcement officer Robin Chavez told the Columbus Board of Public Works and Safety that the property is incapable of being salvaged and needs to be condemned, vacated and demolished with legal action taken. She said the house is sinking in the middle and is in really bad shape.
“The house is very unstable. It’s not safe,” Chavez said. “This landowner has another property that was presented (to the board of works) about two months ago, and it’s now going to court as well, or to be demolished in the same situation.”
One resident lives in the house with a pet dog. Chavez said that neighbors told her that the owner does take care of the dog. Both the owner and the dog have been ordered to vacate the property as of March 30.
Chavez said that utilities could not find a record of water service in the house since before 2000. A toilet sits outside the house in the yard. She said she did not trust the electricity in the house at this time either.
