Property owners cited for violations

5/4/2009 3:32 AM

Numerous property owners in Washington received citations through the office of Senior District Judge Marjorie Teagarden for violating city ordinances.

All were fined $300 plus court costs unless otherwise noted.

Receiving citations April 14 were:

• K & M Home Improvements, 490 Henderson Ave., Washington for 300 Shirls Ave.; failure to honor written contract with owner and failing to clean property; maximum $600 fine and license revoked.

• Conomar Enterprises, 500 W. Chestnut St.; failure to remove van behind detatched garage.

• Darren Patterson, 1020 Arch St., Washington, for 900 1/2 Fayette St.; failure to maintain abandoned structure; maximum $600 fine.

• Christina Bank and Trust, Eureka, Calif., for 215 Shannon Ave.; failure to maintain abandoned structure; maximum $600 fine.

Receiving a citation April 15 was:

• Jeff Yates, 449 N. Main St., Washington, for 36 E. Hallam Ave.; placing old carpet out prior to alloted day and time.

Receiving citations April 17 were:

• Chadwick Construction, 70 LeMoyne Ave., Washington, for city park; continuing to work in the city with an expired license; mandatory fine $1,000.

• Cynthia Ingram, 1160 Fayette St.; failure to obtain permit for sewage system work.

Receiving citations April 20 were:

• Brenda Fields, 380 Liberty Ave.; failure to remove abandoned car from rear of property.

• Larry McKinley, 52 Sandrovich Lane, Scenery Hill, for 860 Addison St.; failure to remove abandoned car.

• Select Portfolio Servicing, Salt Lake City, Utah, for 436 Addison St.; failure to maintain abandoned and burned structure; fined $600.

• Todd Ashmore, 1009 S. Hewitt Ave., Washington, for 649 Broad St.; failure to maintain exterior areas of property and old couch in side yard.

• Rosella Milchak, Millsboro, for 770 1/2 Ewing St.; failure to clean and maintain exterior area.

• John Lazek, 1241 S. Hewitt Ave., Washington, for 870 Ewing St.; failure to maintain exteriors and failure to paint and to repair rear of structure.

• Deutsche Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, for 46 Shannon Ave.; failure to maintain abandoned structure; fined $600.

• Douglas Truxea, 441 N. Main St.; failure to dismantle a Christmas decoration built around an old tree trunk in the front yard.

Receiving citations April 28 were:

• Joseph Englert, Pittsburgh, for 1202 to 1204 Jefferson Ave.; failure to obtain a permit to repair or replace gas lines.

• John Scherich, 289 Gunn Ridge Road, West Finley, for 830 Ewing St.; failure to clean exterior areas of yard and not maintaining dog areas.

• Yvonne Hassett, 45 Morse Ave., Rutherford, N.J., for 610 McKinley Ave.; placed discarded tree limbs out for collection before allowed time.

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