In Lansing, Michigan, the city has been granted permission to demolish what they consider to be a huge eyesore.

Life O’ Riley Mobile Home Park was closed down in February 2014, and over 200 residents were moved from the community.

According to city officials, it has been a safety concern for people in the area.

Judge Clinton Canady at the Ingham County Court agreed, and ruled the city could clean up the area by tearing down the homes on the lot.

“The end is near,” said Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero.

“Scavengers just looking for things to steal, to take, you can have the homeless looking for a place to stay.”

According to WLNS, the city is now able to move forward with removing 90 homes, and City Planning and Neighborhood Development Director Bob Johnson says by spring the area will look much, much different.

“We could be rocking and rolling, be done with weather like this in maybe a couple of weeks,” said Johnson.

Mayor Bernero said that the cost of demolition will be just under $400,000, a cost the city will bear until the owner coughs up the cash.

“This is money that is appropriated every year, we set aside,” said Bernero.

Johnson said that the demolition won’t tear everything down, as the owner still has property rights to the land.

“We’re dealing with the nuisance and the nuisance are [sic] the structures,” said Johnson.

The expenses owed by the property owner total over $600,000, and the city says that if the owner does not pay by next February, the property will be foreclosed and handed over to the county. While Bernero says that the city would be willing to work with the owner to redevelop the site if he was to pay, he’s hopeful either way and believes that the area holds opportunity.

“This could be a beautiful, well maintained residential community,” said Bernero.

The Daily Business News has followed the saga of Life O’ Riley and those stories are linked here, and here. ##

 

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