62. Owner of Derelict Property Resides in Well Maintained Home

 

Abandoned, blighted burned hulk harms real estate values, health and welfare, continuing fire risk.

It is a sad observation that often owners of abandoned and blighted properties in Sharon, PA own attractive and pleasant residences. In looking at the former bar and grill known as the Zoo on Madison and N. Water Streets (1 N 48), Sharon, PA, an address in nearby Masury, Ohio is given for the owner by Mercer County records. The place burned a few years ago and is now a hulk. The delay in demolition is the quagmire of chasing insurance proceeds, if there was any insurance, and the ability to evade building and maintenance code enforcement and the Pennsylvania Crimes Code. The expense and complexity of placing a lien on the owner's Ohio residence is in the picture as well. Does anyone know if the owner has property or banking accounts in Pennsylvania? Existing Pennsylvania law allows for a lien upon against other property in Pennsylvania.That could be a way to recover demolition costs. Could a creative and energetic attorney  be able to figure a way to attach out of state properties owned by the owner of the Zoo property?  It has to be particularly annoying for the adjacent home owners who have fine and appealing residences. Every abandoned and blighted property in Sharon lowers real estate values, affects the health and welfare of the City and is a fire risk. It creates opportunities for crime. Maybe the simplest approach would be to the Pennsylvania Abandoned and Blighted Conservatorship Act and deny the owner possession and control, abate, remediate and sell?

A view of the Ohio owner's well maintained home in an appealing neighborhood.

Another view of the Ohio owner's residence. A search  found no abandoned and blighted properties within a couple of miles of the owner's well maintained residence in Ohio.

N Water Street and Madison Street

Degradation of the community

Tall masonry walls public safety threat as there is a probability for collapse.