BUILDING.
NEIGHBORS SAY HE IS NOT MOVING
FAST ENOUGH.
REPORTER: NEIGHBORS SAY THIS
NEIGHBORING PROPERTY IS BECOMING
A NUISANCE.
>> YOU NEVER KNOW IF IT WILL
FALL, OR FALL ON THE PROPERTIES.
REPORTER: THE PROPERTY SITS
ALONG A PATH TRAVELED DAILY BY
STUDENTS AT THE NEARBY
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL.
WITH ONE WALL AT RISK OF
COLLAPSE, SAFETY CONCERNS ARE
GROWING.
>> SUPPORT EMAILS FROM
CONSTITUENTS.
REPORTER: RESIDENTS HAVE
COMPLAINED TO THEIR
COUNCILMEMBER AND CALLED 31 TO
FILE COMPLAINTS WITH THE CITY.
AT TIMES DATING BACK TO 2012.
PALMER SAYS HER OFFICE HAS BEEN
IN TOUCH WITH THE SAFETY AND
PERMITS ON LEGAL DEPARTMENTS.
NOW THE PROPERTY IS ON THE LIST
TO BE DEMOLISHED.
>> HE HAS BEEN A BAD LANDOWNER
BECAUSE HE HAD THIS, NOW HE IS
PAYING YOUR TAX DOLLARS, MY TAX
DOLLARS ARE GOING TO TEARING
THIS DOWN.
>> WE SPOKE TO THE PROPERTY
OWNER, WHO LIVED IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 1990.
TAX RECORDS SHOW HE PURCHASED
THE VACATED BUILDING NEXT DOOR
TO HIS HOME IN 2001.
>> THE PREVIOUS BUILDING WAS IN
DEPLORABLE CONDITION PRIOR TO
WHEN I BOUGHT IT.
IT CONTINUED TO FALL.
REPORTER: HE REQUESTED A
DEMOLITION PERMIT, BUT WAS
DENIED BY THE HISTORIC DISTRICT
LANDMARKS COMMISSION.
>> THEY TOLD ME IT WAS
DEMOLITION AND NEGLECT, AND A
THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY.
YET THEY WERE REFUSING ME.
>> IT WASN’T UNTIL THE BUILDING
SLID DOWN ON MY HOUSE NEXT DOOR,
THEN IT ALLOWED ME TO.
REPORTER: NOW HE’S LEFT WITH
THIS PORTION OF THE BUILDING,
WHICH HE PLANNED ON RENOVATING.
NOW IT IS THREATENING TO FALL.
>> WITH THE CITY POSSIBLY COMING
IN TO DEMOLISH THIS, WHAT DO YOU
DO?
>> I GUESS WE WILL SEE WHAT’S
HAPPENING.
IMMEDIATELY TAKE A LOOK AND SEE
WHAT’S HAPPENING.
PUT A HALT AND MOVE FORWARD TO
RENOVATION.
