The address of this vacant duplex is 615-617 18th St. NW 44703. It was reported on April 17, 2014; Issue ID:1039583...'Closed' by the building department on April 28th and then reopened that same day by a neighbor who asked, "Any way to find out where this property is in the demolition program, i.e. is it still on the list or is there some legal 'block'; and, if still on the list can the neighborhood be given an idea of a timeline for its demolition? If you are not able to answer these questions, please direct me to someone who can. Thank you.". No response to this question was ever posted. Neighbor RE-POSTED same question on June 2nd. Could someone PLEASE respond and take care of this eyesore/safety hazard/health hazard! Vassar Park Neighborhood Association is working tirelessly to improve our neighborhood and need the city to support our efforts.

I have reported this eye sore many times as far as the breakins go ,the city comes out shuts the door and things go back to normal.( or not)
Frank morris has been advised on this also many times, could we please get some answers.
Bruce Brewer- President Vassar Park

Check Common Pleas Court docket for the owner listed on Auditor website. Looks like there was a foreclosure but no transfer of the property to the mortgage property. You might have to check with a lawyer to get the status of ownership.

I'm having no luck getting it to come up on the auditor's website...tried 615, 617 and 615-617...18th? Please advise :)

You can search by parcel number on the auditor's website and the number is 231946. Hope that helps!

Thank You!!

Mowed this Property today
Vassar Park

http://ddti.starkcountyohio.gov/Data.aspx?ParcelID=231946

Link should get you to the page on the auditor's site for 617 18th.

https://www.starkcountycjis.org/starkcrt/summary_frame?pass_case_number=2011CV01307&pass_case_type=CV

Foreclosure was started and dismissed and never taken up again. Owner moved and left no forwarding address. Basically the property will be in legal limbo. About $10 k in back taxes owed ... so probably best bet is to see if city will demo it and get one of the adjacent owners to take the lot.

Other option is if somebody wants a duplex for around $10 k they can foreclose on it through the county themselves.

I as President of Vassar Park Have already researched this Property and get no where the address listed for Tax collection id give name and adress some where on i believe on Frazer N.W. No one there by the Name give. Maybe the city can inlighten on Whom ownes this trash.. oh and by the way Vassar Park Neighborhood association MOWED it this Morning 2' high.. The Neighbor to the west has been mowing since it was Vacated but stopped when he seen he was getting no where.
City can you help us out.

I have researched the address Tax info list owner on I think on Frazer N.W. That was a dead end on locating owner Maybe the city can help with the property owners info.
By the way Vassar Park Association Mowed this Property Today (2' high). Neighbor to the West had been mowing but Quit because he felt he was not getting anywhere
President- Vassar Park

The tax Info leads you no where, I have aready researched last year to the owner that is On Frazer ave N.W. No one there by that name.

This one's in legal limbo. Owner skipped ... bank dropped the foreclosure ball .... $10k in back taxes. If somebody wants it as a tax sale for the duplex that's about what it will cost them. If the neighbors want the vacant lot the can call the County Land Reutilization Board and spend $100 to get it (tear down and tax assessment clearing included). Otherwise the city will have to condemn and tear it down at some point.

John
That's all the Neighbors wanted to tell them where we are with the property

Again John L. You need to contact Regional Planning Commission @ 330 451-7389 concerning vacant lots.

Vassar Park has once again mowed at this address, are we any closer to getting this eye sore torn down, neighbors are getting restless

Correct address is 615/617 18th St NW - Property in foreclosure - will forward to proper authority to contact bank regarding exterior maintenance

Very early on in demolition process

We would like to acknowledge that this property has been reported multiple times for various board up/hazard issues. There are five SCF Issue ID's for this property, two of which have been archived.

Archived:
Issue ID: 600459 reported on 6/27/13
Issue ID: 674513 reported on 8/7/1

Open Issue ID's for this property:
Issue ID: 1162644 reported on 7/3/14
Issue ID: 1039583 reported on 4/17/14
Issue ID: 1359183 reported on 11/12/14.

Issue ID: 1162644, reported on 7/314 will be closed, as will Issue ID: 1039583 reported on 4/17/14.
Please follow Issue ID: 1359183 as it is the most recently commented on Issue ID #.

This property is on the Board Up list.

If you have any questions related to properties on the Board Up list, please call (330) 438-4704. This number is not to submit a property that needs boarded up and only provides information about properties already on the board up list.

We apologize for the delay in resolving this issue. Thank you all for your patience as we get this matter resolved.

Please see comment above for instruction on following this property.

who is to contact the bank on this property, ( person or Department) so we know that it's been done with out delay! then we will get our ward councilman to push the issue. this has been going on to long.

The Fair Housing Department processes foreclosures, bonds, and board ups. Please contact them at (330) 438 – 4704. This property will be boarded up as soon as possible.

As of 06/03/2011, this property, Parcel #: 231946 according to the Auditor’s website has been Dismissed for Want of Prosecution (DWOP). Essentially, the bank has walked away from this property and the property is now the responsibility of the former owner. We have no forwarding address or information to contact the former owner. At this time, taxes will continue to be billed at this address.

This property will be boarded up in the order that it was reported. Please follow Issue ID: 1359183 or call (330) 438 – 4704 for updates on the progress of this board up.

That doesn't seem possible if the bank owns the home it is the banks problem not the problem of the former owner the house has been boardered up and we were told that it's been on the tear down list for months or maybe years. adding taxes to something that is not taxable. to WHOM are the taxable. If the Bank has walked away and the owner has walked away ,then it' needs to be on the tear down list.A.S.A.P
Now what is it your going to collect the tax from WHO Do you know how this sounds, think about it.
We have been waiting for at least 2 years on this, will someone pick this up and do something with it????? neighbors grow weary we mow and try to keep this property when will this all end!!!!! we need more folks to raise Hell about this property!!

Hi,

We will do our best to ameliorate some of the frustration behind this property's appearance and apologize if we are not satisfying the community's desire for this property.

In regard to the bank owning the property and whom will be taxed, please call (330) 438 - 4704.

This case was closed not because we are done working to get this matter resolved, but because we had multiple SCF cases open for this property. We hoped to consolidate all matters regarding this property under Issue ID: 1359183.

We would like all residents to know that it is important to our staff that we rectify SCF issues as soon as possible. In our attempt to remain egalitarian in our approach to help make the City a better place, we handle SCF reports in chronological order. We would like to work with residents to solve issues in a timely and partnering manner.

Please know that we are here to work with residents to solve our community’s problems. As some of what the City hopes to communicate about this property may be lost through the text – based medium that is SCF, we invite you to call the number above to speak to a staff member directly about this matter.

Thank you for your understanding while we work to resolve this issue.

Property is on the board up list. Will update when it is completed.

City of Canton Fair Housing Department_1 assigned this issue to City of Canton Fair Housing Department_1

Property has been boarded up.