Delhi Township trustees on July 30 adopted consolidated nuisance resolutions targeting overgrown vegetation and accumulated debris at multiple addresses across the township and approved hiring a zoning inspector to support enforcement.

Community Development Director Roach presented a list of properties that the department had investigated and recommended for abatement resolutions. The board adopted Resolutions 2025-134 through 2025-148 in a single consolidated motion; the resolutions declare nuisances for excessive vegetation or accumulated debris at the listed addresses and authorize township staff to proceed with abatement steps and assessment of costs. Roach told trustees many of the properties are repeat violators and that the department prioritized cases along the Delhi Pike gateway where multiple frequent violations affect the township’s primary entrance.

Trustees and staff acknowledged enforcement limitations. Director Roach and Administrator Skyler Miller explained the process: staff issue notices, abate when necessary, and then place assessments as liens when the township recoups abatement costs; those assessments may not be collected until property transfers occur. Trustees and a resident speaker, Patrick Kenny of 4970 Bonaventure, described frustration with recurring violations and urged stronger consequences. Kenny told the board the same properties repeatedly return to disrepair and suggested fines; he said, “I think there should be some kind of fines if possible.”

Roach and Miller said the township follows due‑process requirements, including notice and opportunity to be heard, and that the department had already abated many of the listed properties at least once this year. Roach stated that of an earlier set of 24 cases, 20 were repeat violators. The board approved the consolidated motion and dispensed with the second reading; roll‑call votes recorded yes from Trustee John Davis, Trustee Michael Sturtz and Trustee Sarah Seavey.

In a separate personnel action the board approved a motion to hire Ronald L. Soupy as a zoning inspector in the Community Development Department at $25 per hour, effective July 31, 2025, with vacation accrual dated to Jan. 1, 2025. The motion passed by voice vote.

Why it matters: the resolutions start the formal abatement/assessment process for blight and debris on properties where violations persist, and the new zoning inspector should increase the department’s capacity to monitor and enforce property‑maintenance rules. Trustees recognized both the limits of enforcement (constitutional notice and appeal rights, time lags for lien collections) and the neighborhood impacts when properties fall into repeated disrepair.

Next steps: community development will proceed with abatement where property owners do not comply and will place assessments per statutory procedure; the zoning inspector will begin work July 31 to handle inspections and follow up on complaints. Residents were encouraged to report violations to the community development office.