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Florence resident urges enforcement at long-vacant Ivanhoe Drive property; city says summons issued and staff coordinating with Society Hill police
Summary
A resident told council an eight-year-vacant home at 600 Ivanhoe Drive is unsafe and unsanitary; the city manager said staff have an active summons and are working with the Society Hill Police Department to serve the out-of-county owner and pursue code enforcement.
Tammy Broach, a Florence resident and nurse, told the City Council that a house at 600 Ivanhoe Drive has been vacant for about eight years, remains unmaintained and constitutes an unsafe and unsanitary nuisance that invites trespass, homelessness and potential drug activity.
Broach said neighbors have called many times and that the property is unsecured. She brought photographs to the meeting and said efforts to serve the owner have failed because the owner resides in a neighboring county. She urged the council to enforce the city's property-maintenance code, including…
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