closed #146551
Unsafe Buildings
4535 E 3rd ST
- Case Date:
- 7/20/2015
appears as if fire destroyed, unsafe bldg.
appears as if fire destroyed, unsafe bldg.
Officer Coleman (BPD) reports house in total disrepair & unasfe. Floor buckling up in living room. Walls falling in, ceilings falling, bad roof, wet caprpets, pans sitting everywhere w/awter in them, lights on & nobody home. Owner has been gone for 4 months (possibly out West - BPD dispatch has more info) Door is open on left side of house leading to garage.
I am old enough to remember that the building on the southwest corner of the S Rogers and Country Club Road intersection used to be a real business and they kept their property clean and safe. Now the property appears abandoned and is a hazard to the people of Bloomington. The lot vegetation is out of control. The building should be designated condemned by the city. It is covered with graffiti and could become a place where a person on the B-line to the east could be abducted and assaulted under cover. What can be done about this horrific eyesore in the midst of all the re-development and revitalization in the area?
There is a hole in the roof of this house. The hole is in the back, at the garage end.
Since there isn't an option for "idiot student idea"...there is a broken sofa bed perched on a very steep roof at 449 Henderson (NE corner of Henderson and 2nd). Even if it doesn't injure the idiot who attempts to use it, it could fall and hit someone else. Plus, it looks trashy!
Melton Orchard, former processing facility, in derelict condition. Currently housing wild animals. Owner contacted but unwilling to negotiate towards a potential remedy.
officer responding to alarm noted deck which extends around back of building is rotted through and in danger of collapse, concerned it will collapse when officers respond to frequent alarms
The security fence set up to hinder people from crossing RR property at Dunn has been cut through and people are now walking across, even when the train is coming. This necessitates the train conductors to blow their horns loudly to clear the tracks at this location when they pass by (at all hours). When "The Standard" is full of 1000+ entitled undergraduates, they will likely all use this passage to make their lives easier. Who is actually responsible for maintaining the wall/fencing that blocks illegal and dangerous crossing of the tracks stretching from Walnut to Indiana Avenues? It was not so bad when Brownstone was still there, but since the beginning of the "Standard" construction project (that has been going on sporadically for two years now), the barrier has slowly degraded. Is this a matter for the police or the "Standard" property owners or the City or the adjacent property owners? We fear that there will be a high rate of late-night, drunken crossings coupled with the likely concomitant periodic deaths if something is not done about this. Does Bloomington rally want to continue to be known for a place that allows (encourages) dangerous and unhealthy behavior? It's bad enough that scooters are allowed (how many deaths have they caused so far?) - does the City now want there to be regular RR accidents that result in beheadings, or worse?
Front window has been out for weeks.
handrails rotten, HVAC sitting on rotten deck, holes in ceiling and floor inspection scheduled for 8/4 at 2:00 PM