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Troy Council grants more time to clean up houses
Published Tuesday, October 28, 2008
The Troy City Council has agreed to grant the owners of six dilapidated homes deemed unsafe more time to make repairs.
Donnie and Metra Hughes, of Historical Rentals, Inc., have until the Dec. 9 city council meeting to present a time line for repairing or removing the homes themselves, the council voted on Tuesday.
The homes are located at 139 and 209 Montgomery St. and 500, 610, 700 and 902 North Three Notch St. The owners were notified in August by the city that the buildings had been deemed unsafe and would be removed without significant repairs.
The Hughes’ attorney, Levi Nichols, told the council that the owners are assessing the feasibility of repairing some of the aging buildings and will take down any that are too far gone.
“Thank you for working with us on this,” Nichols said. “These buildings mean something to the city of Troy. They were beautiful at one time and my clients would like to try and restore them.”
In other business the city council:
• Voted to approve a new street in the Diamond Fields subdivision.
• Approved a grant application for an $85,5000 grant form the Federal Aviation Administration. It will be used to extend airport fencing underground to keep out burrowing animals, including wild hogs.
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Posted by muledeer (anonymous) on October 29, 2008 at 2 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It is a real shame that the buildings on North Three Notch Street (the old Pi Kappa Phi house and the old Delta Chi house can't be restored. they were once VERY NICE places. I just don't know what they could be used for unless some law firm or other type business could make it happen.
Posted by inaword (anonymous) on October 29, 2008 at 8:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It is a real shame that we will probably never get to see those houses in the grand state they deserve to be in. They have been left too long to make it worth while to make the repairs they would need to make them habitable, and the owners know it. They may try to fire-sale them now, to beat the deadline, but there is little hope that we will ever see them renovated. What a waste...
Posted by Ramsey (anonymous) on October 30, 2008 at 1:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)
There was a time when they were beautiful buildings but they have been abused by their residents/owners for over thirty-five years and the cost to renovate them is probably cost prohibitive. I hope the city will require a strict timeline and then enforce it if the current owners fall behind. The houses are currently eyesores and should either be fixed or torn down!
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