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Ashland investor criticizes city code enforcement, says fines hampered residential rehab
Summary
Resident and investor Sebastian Joy told commissioners he paid $3,000 for a condemned property and was fined $250 despite pulling permits and undertaking active remodeling, and he urged the commission to review code-enforcement practices that he says deter investment.
Sebastian Joy, who identified himself as living at 3850 Coby Lane and as a local investor, used a five-minute public comment at the March 26 commission meeting to criticize Ashland’s code-enforcement practices. Joy said he bought a condemned Sellers Street property at auction for $3,000 last March, secured master-commissioner deed in September…
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