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over the hill
MUSA Citizen Joined: Oct 19 2012 Location: middletown Status: Offline Points: 952 |
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Property maintenance,weeds,trees,shrubs these are all going to be included in this new legislation. I thought we already have ordinances to cover this.. Well it looks like city hall is going to be real busy cleaning up their own violations on weeds, grass and shrubs. What's that about stones and glass houses? JMO
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Vivian Moon
MUSA Council Joined: May 16 2008 Location: Middletown, Ohi Status: Offline Points: 4187 |
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Please read this entire legislation because it applies to EVERY property in Middletown...not just rental property as they would like you to believe.
I have only added the first page below... You are giving City Hall unlimited power http://www.cityofmiddletown.org/docs/council/04072015_w.pdf |
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Vivian Moon
MUSA Council Joined: May 16 2008 Location: Middletown, Ohi Status: Offline Points: 4187 |
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Mr. Adkins declared ALL of Middletown “Slumville USA” by using the HUD 54% rule several years ago so he could use CDBG Funds all over Middletown and not just the low income areas. Remember he used some CDBG funds to pave some streets in the Highland Historic District. “The problem we have had in the past is that we’ve never combined MPD, MFD and Community Revitalization code enforcement records to identify problem properties. This is an effort to do exactly that,” said City Manager Doug Adkins. “It’s about reducing crime and other nuisance activity long term by better rental practices, resulting in fewer calls for city services. It is not a revenue generator or cost-savings measure. It’s a neighborhood quality of life improvement measure.” Well this statement is not completely true…..Several years ago Mr. Adkins requested numerous changes to HUD Section 8 housing rules like those that are listed above….and these are the very rules that City Hall abused that will now be heard in the courts. It is because of this very abuse of power that the HUD Section 8 Program was moved to Butler County and Warren County. With the above law City Hall will have the power to do “Selective Enforcement” against ANY AND ALL citizens in Middletown…not just Section 8 landlords which were held to a higher standard to begin with as I have stated many times on this blog. We all want a better community to live and work in…however…giving Mr. Adkins and City Hall unlimited power is not the best answer IMO. We already have laws on the books to solve these problems. Please remember that once you give City Hall this power it will NEVER be returned to the citizens again...just like the gas taxes to repair the streets 30 years ago. |
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VietVet
MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008 |
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“The problem we have had in the past is that we’ve never combined MPD, MFD and Community Revitalization code enforcement records to identify problem properties. This is an effort to do exactly that,” said City Manager Doug Adkins. “It’s about reducing crime and other nuisance activity long term by better rental practices, resulting in fewer calls for city services. It is not a revenue generator or cost-savings measure. It’s a neighborhood quality of life improvement measure.”
You would have thought by now that the very nature of the "crime/nuisance/problem property situations", created by the ghetto building theme brought to town by the Gilleland Administration, of which Adkins was a part, would have prompted tracking and monitoring long ago. It is just now that the Adkins bunch sees the need to identify habitual negative situations? "In addition, the proposed ordinance would also enable the city to take action against the owner to recover ongoing future city costs in responding to and abating those nuisances if the owner chooses not to take action to correct the situation." "“This is not intended to be a “gotcha” ordinance, but a long-term solution to ongoing tenant issues,” Adkins said"" Good luck with that Adkins. “This is a good start to reshape and rethink how we do things and to go forward to make things better for the future of Middletown,” Bohannon said. “The big winner in all of this is the city.” And just how do the majority of the people in town, who are not Section 8 property owners, win Mr. Bohannon? We watch the city deteriorate as we get closer to ghetto status each day, while a small contingent of Section 8 property owners are paid using our tax dollars to lower the class of the city by providing housing to people who have a habit of not caring about too much of anything except their handouts. Is this "winning"? |
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I'm so proud of my hometown and what it has become. Recall 'em all. Let's start over.
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Vivian Moon
MUSA Council Joined: May 16 2008 Location: Middletown, Ohi Status: Offline Points: 4187 |
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Posted: 7:00 a.m. Friday,
April 17, 2015 Landlords seek clarifications on nuisance
ordinance
By Ed Richter Staff Writer Owners of rental properties in The proposed ordinance, which is slated for
final consideration Tuesday by Middletown City Council, is designed to keep
track of those properties that generate higher than normal calls for city
services by way of code enforcement violations and/or criminal activity or
other incidents requiring a public safety unit to respond. “The problem we have had in the past is
that we’ve never combined MPD, MFD and Community Revitalization code
enforcement records to identify problem properties. This is an effort to do
exactly that,” said City Manager Doug Adkins. “It’s about reducing crime and other
nuisance activity long term by better rental practices, resulting in fewer
calls for city services. It is not a revenue generator or cost-savings measure.
It’s a neighborhood quality of life improvement measure.” In addition, the proposed ordinance would
also enable the city to take action against the owner to recover ongoing future
city costs in responding to and abating those nuisances if the owner chooses
not to take action to correct the situation. “This is not intended to be a “gotcha”
ordinance, but a long-term solution to ongoing tenant issues,” Adkins said. While landlords have had an opportunity to
review a draft of the proposed ordinance, several have contacted the city for
additional clarifications on how the proposed ordinance would be enforced,
along with a better understanding of how it will work and provisions to protect
the property owner who is trying to abate the identified nuisance. When presented last month to the Middletown
Real Estate Investors Group for input, it was not made clear that they were
looking at the final draft. That proposal was submitted to City Council for a
first reading at its April 7 meeting and was slated for a second reading and
approval on Tuesday. The ordinance was developed by city officials and is a
hybrid of other ordinances from other Steve Bohannon, MREIG chairman, said there
were still some questions concerning enforcement, but he sees this as “a very
good win-win.” Bohannon said the new ordinance has teeth
in it and for the good of the community, it’s something that has to be done. He also wants to make sure that the elderly
have access to organizations to help them fix things on their property that
they might not be able to afford or do themselves. “This is a good start to reshape and
rethink how we do things and to go forward to make things better for the future
of A meeting between several landlords and
Public Safety Director David VanArsdale is being scheduled to further explain
and clarify the proposed ordinance, Adkins said. As of early Thursday afternoon, Adkins said
he had not made a decision about tabling the proposed ordinance. “The city has a good dialogue with the
landlord group, and I want to hear their additional comments,” he said. “If
there are changes that make sense to the ordinance that are brought forward by
the landlord group, I’ll consider tabling it at the April 21 meeting and bringing it back May 5
for a second reading with any amendments. The concerns raised so far were more
about execution and their understanding of how the ordinance will work, not an
objection to the concept.” “The idea is to make sure the owner knows
that his property is becoming a problem before it escalates, and then to make
sure that either the problem is resolved or that the city is reimbursed for
future costs responding to problems at that property,” Adkins recently told
City Council. The tracking of properties that are
becoming chronic nuisance problems and blighting the city will help keep
property owners accountable, he said. “It’s the simple idea that we’re not going
to put up with this for very long,” Adkins said. “At some point (for those
property owners), it’s not going to be worth it to continue to allow this
nuisance property to blight our neighborhoods.” The proposed ordinance gives the city
another tool to abate nuisance properties and address landlords who fail to
take action against the tenants causing the problems. It will also strengthen
the city’s ability to use sections of state law to address problem properties
because the city must be able to show it has tried to work with the property
owner. In addition to escalating penalties and
assessments against those owners of chronic nuisance properties, the proposed
ordinance also has “safe harbor” provisions to protect landlords who do attempt
to correct the problems; or who were unaware of the nuisance, such as being out
of town and tried to correct the problem upon return; or after doing a background
check on a tenant and was in the process of eviction when an offense occurred.
The proposed ordinance also includes an appeal process. |
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Perplexed
MUSA Citizen Joined: Apr 22 2009 Status: Offline Points: 315 |
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I heard that the Dougmeister wants to replicate the tall grass prairies of Kansas in the second ward? There's lots of room for critters to roam now!
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Vivian Moon
MUSA Council Joined: May 16 2008 Location: Middletown, Ohi Status: Offline Points: 4187 |
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Once again this little law is really all about City Hall needing more money in the nuisance coffers..
With every house City Hall removed in the 2rd Ward they lost about $1500 in property taxes. The majority of these empty lots can not have homes rebuilt on the property because of city zoning codes. So now City Hall has a big bunch of empty lots located all over town that they will need to mow all summer long. OOOOPS.... |
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VietVet
MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008 |
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The good 'ole boy club can do anything they wish and it is condoned by council (their puppets) and both the council and the city leaders are directed by the MMF (the true power in town).
I would imagine Adkins and the city building power structure don't feel a need to explain anything to the people of this city, but a certain small inner circle group knows exactly what they are doing at any given time. They have been in charge for so long, have received little to no resistance for so long, and have run the city as a dictatorship for so long, they are not threatened in the least and feel invincible. The school board is the same way. They haven't listened to most people's wishes for the district in decades, have relied on their supporters and have done what they want. That's why the schools are such a cluster. No one on their side wants to change the failing ways. Business as usual. Why should they care as long as their yes voter support block keeps out-voting the no voters and passing the levies, they could care less about why the rest of us are fed up with the schools. The rules are made up in their favor and are to their advantage depending on the situation of the moment. That's also how Les Landen interprets the laws in this city. They change depending on the circumstances. All of these things contribute to the abuse of the majority, the catering to the select few and the overall disgust felt by most in the city. Even if the lawsuits drain this city of revenue, I don't think the city leaders are smart enough to realize the aftermath and if they did understand, I don't think they would care, they are that obtuse. |
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I'm so proud of my hometown and what it has become. Recall 'em all. Let's start over.
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Vivian Moon
MUSA Council Joined: May 16 2008 Location: Middletown, Ohi Status: Offline Points: 4187 |
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Please notice that HUD Section 8 housing and tenants are not
mentioned once in this article and yet once again all of the current problems of We already have laws in place to solve these problems so why does Mr. Adkins
need more power, laws and fines? |
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spiderjohn
Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jul 01 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2749 |
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John Beagle
MUSA Official Joined: Apr 23 2007 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1855 |
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Agreed
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spiderjohn
Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jul 01 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2749 |
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Correct, Vet--Admin was the major culprit in creating the mass influx of Section 8, and YES--section 8 tenants are more lax in maintaining landlord properties since they can simply move on to another property.
Still--this ordinance is a turning point to fixing the situation. Landlords who don't care will be made to either care or leave. Tenants who don't care will be pressured to do better or leave. At least we hope so. Good move by Council that took far too long to happen. |
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VietVet
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This wouldn't have been a problem for the city officials if they had targeted a higher standing resident population rather than the Section 8, no or low income freebie handout segment of society who show no sign of caring nor taking responsibility for their actions. You don't see the Springboro's, the West Chester's or the Mason's of the area going after the people who cause these kinds of problems. They want more for their city as to class than those who run Middletown. Only here in Middletown do you see city leadership making decisions to open the city doors to attract people who cause these situations. If inviting more Section 8/low income/druggie/crime types to town was such a good idea, don't you think more would be doing it? Middletown and Adkin's crew asked for this to happen. Now, they got what they wanted and it's causing problems. Look in the mirror boys. There, you will see who is to blame.
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I'm so proud of my hometown and what it has become. Recall 'em all. Let's start over.
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Vivian Moon
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Posted: 3:49 p.m.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 Absentee landlords concerned with new nuisance
law
Adkins: ‘We’re not going to
put up with this for very long’
By Ed Richter Staff Writer Some absentee landlords have already
contacted During Tuesday’s Middletown City Council
meeting, the new chronic nuisance ordinance received a first reading. City
Manager Doug Adkins said a recent Journal-News article about the proposed
ordinance prompted a couple of absentee landlords to make inquiries of the
police and community revitalization departments about it. Adkins said one landlord who lives outside
of Adkins said the proposed ordinance, which
was developed by city officials from similar ordinances across the state, is
designed to keep track of those properties that generate higher than normal
calls for city services by way of code enforcement violations and/or criminal
activity. The proposed ordinance was also reviewed by local landlords as well. Adkins said a chronic nuisance ordinance
attempts to identify those particular properties by reviewing and collecting
nuisances registered across all city departments, then city officials notify
the owner that his property is becoming a nuisance to the neighborhood. He said
the proposed ordinance would enable the city to take action against the owner
to recover ongoing future city costs in responding to and abating those
nuisances if the owner chooses not to take action to correct the situation. “The idea is to make sure the owner knows
that his property is becoming a problem before it escalates, and then to make
sure that either the problem is resolved or that the city is reimbursed for
future costs responding to problems at that property,” Adkins said. It also keeps track across city departments
on properties that are becoming chronic nuisance problems and blighting the
city, he said. It also keeps property owners accountable. “It’s the simple idea that we’re not going
to put up with this for very long,” Adkins said. “At some point (for those
property owners), it’s not going to be worth it to continue to allow this
nuisance property to…blight our neighborhoods.” The proposed ordinance gives the city
another tool to abate nuisance properties and address landlords who fail to
take action against the tenants causing the problems. It will also strengthen
the city’s ability to use sections of state law to address problem properties
because the city must be able to show it has tried to work with the property
owner. When there are problems at a residence,
police will send a letter to the property owner that police, fire or If a property is deemed to be a chronic
nuisance property, or if there is felony drug activity found and the landlord
does nothing to address the problem, some of the penalties include billing the
landlord for the cost of sending police, fire or EMS responding to a call;
civil penalties ranging from $150 to $1,000; being charged with a minor
misdemeanor with a fine of $150 for violating the ordinance and separate
offenses could be charged for each day the violation occurs or continues;
and/or revoking occupancy, health or other permits granted to the property
owner. The proposed ordinance has provisions to
protect landlords who do attempt to correct the problems; or who were unaware
of the nuisance, such as being out of town and tried to correct the problem
upon return; or after doing a background check on a tenant and was in the
process of eviction when an offense occurred. The draft ordinance also includes
an appeal process. “It is my belief that those landlords and
the homeowners in the neighborhood should not be subjected to ongoing nuisance
issues by the few owners who choose not to be responsible with their
properties,” Adkins recently said. “This is a quality of life and property
value issue. No one wants to live next door to, or to purchase a house next to
a continuing code enforcement violation or ongoing criminal activity.” |
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