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Resident urges Clermont County to declare Rolling Acres Drive property a nuisance over alleged drug activity
Summary
At the Jan. 15 Clermont County commissioners meeting, resident Andrew Stober described repeated drug-related incidents at 2349 Rolling Acres Drive and asked the county to coordinate with Monroe Township and the prosecutor to declare the property a nuisance and take remedial action.
Andrew Stober, who said he lives at 2355 Rolling Acres Drive, told the Clermont County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 15 that a neighboring parcel at 2349 Rolling Acres Drive has been the site of repeated drug activity and poses a continuing public-safety and quality-of-life problem.
"Currently, the…the lessee is in jail for permitting drug abuse from a search warrant on 02/29/2024," Stober said. He said other people associated with the property have been arrested on methamphetamine charges and that he found about 20 grams of methamphetamine on his property. Stober also said he found a dead body near the property and raised a separate possible murder he said occurred on 01/25.
Stober told commissioners he has repeatedly contacted township zoning and the prosecutor's office but that enforcement has not solved the problem. He said a baby was born with fentanyl in its system earlier in the year and that the county auditor subsequently reduced his property valuation by $50,000 because of the nearby residence.
"I shouldn't have to spend money, and I shouldn't have to hire an attorney to get this declared a nuisance property," Stober said, urging the commission to coordinate with Monroe Township zoning and the prosecutor's office.
Stober listed several concrete impacts: frequent vehicle traffic, damage to his yard, late-night disturbances, and multiple arrests associated with people who live at or visit the address. He said he had contacted the sheriff's narcotics unit and local deputies, and that a prosecutor he spoke with acknowledged arrests do not fully solve the underlying problem.
The board did not provide a direct response during the public comment period; after Stober finished, the meeting moved on to the consent agenda.
The board's next chance to act formally on the concern would be through staff follow-up, a township zoning action, or a prosecutor-led enforcement or civil-nuisance process; no such county action was recorded on the meeting record.
