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City board reconsiders Price Florist demolition, repair order

Posted at 7:10 pm July 4, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Price Florist

A city board has declared Price Florist on Oak Ridge Turnpike a nuisance and unfit for human occupation and use, and on Thursday, members will reconsider a demolition or repair order for the building, which is now for sale.

A potential demolition order is looming, and the building is for sale.

For decades, it was home to Price Florist, but it’s now in “severe disrepair,” according to the Oak Ridge city staff.

In June, the Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals declared the now-unused store on busy Oak Ridge Turnpike to be a nuisance and unfit for human occupation or use. The board stopped short of issuing a demolition order and gave the property owner 30 days to present a repair or demolition plan. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: demolition, nuisance, Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals, Oak Ridge Municipal Building Training Room, Patricia Warren, Price Florist, repair, U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, unfit for human occupation or use

City board will consider demolition or cleanup order for Price Florist

Posted at 5:26 pm June 4, 2013
By John Huotari 2 Comments

Price Florist

A city board next week will consider issuing a demolition or cleanup order for Price Florist on Oak Ridge Turnpike.

A city board next week will consider issuing a demolition or cleanup order for Price Florist on Oak Ridge Turnpike.

The city staff has recommended that the structure, used for a longtime floral business, be declared unfit for human occupation or use and has requested a demolition or cleanup order within 60 days.

The city required an “emergency vacate” on May 1, according to an agenda for the Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals. A notice dated May 1 and still posted on the building’s front door said the building is deemed unfit for human occupation or use. It is to remain conspicuously posted until the structure is repaired or demolished. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: cleanup, demolition, demolition order, dilapidated, disrepair, home, Houston Avenue, Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals, Oak Ridge Turnpike, Patricia Warren, Price Florist, structural defects, unfit for human occupation or use

After board declares them unfit, city posts ‘Danger’ signs on four Applewood buildings

Posted at 12:55 pm March 28, 2013
By John Huotari 2 Comments

Applewood Apartments Danger Signs

The Oak Ridge municipal staff has posted yellow “Danger” signs on units at four Applewood Apartment buildings on Hunter Circle.

A few days after a city board declared them unfit, the Oak Ridge municipal staff posted yellow “Danger” signs on four Applewood Apartment buildings on Hunter Circle, officials said.

Posted on Tuesday, the placards say the 48 apartment units have been deemed unfit for human occupation or use, said Denny Boss, Oak Ridge code enforcement supervisor. The notices cannot be removed until the structures are repaired or demolished.

Joe Levitt, the Knoxville attorney who owns the apartments, disagrees that they are dangerous.

“The buildings are in satisfactory engineering and architectural condition,” he said Thursday. “There’s no question about that.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Government, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Applewood Apartments, code enforcement, Corum Engineering, danger, danger signs, demolition, Denny Boss, Hunter Circle, Jim Odle, Joe Levitt, Kathryn Baldwin, Oak Ridge Board of Building and Housing Code Appeals, Oak Ridge Community Development, Tennessee Court of Appeals, unfit, unfit for human occupation or use

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