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Owensboro reports 80 vacant structures; city outlines inspection, citation and demolition process
Summary
Property maintenance manager Joe Sublett told the Board on April 15 that 80 structures have been identified as vacant by complaint; most are minimally maintained, the city outlined complaint and enforcement steps, and officials said 15 vacant structures were demolished in the current fiscal year and several properties will be sold through mass
Joe Sublett, the city's property maintenance manager, told the Owensboro Board of Commissioners on April 15 that the city has identified 80 structures as vacant through complaints and inspections and described how the property-maintenance enforcement process works.
Sublett said the majority of the 80 properties are "minimally maintained" — meaning grass is kept at or below the 10-inch maximum under city ordinance — and are secured and largely free of junk. He described the complaint response process: an initial inspection…
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