{"id":11664,"date":"2022-07-07T00:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T04:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=11664"},"modified":"2022-07-07T00:48:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T04:48:17","slug":"troubled-house-motel-property-to-be-purchased-demolished-in-seaside-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2022\/07\/troubled-house-motel-property-to-be-purchased-demolished-in-seaside-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Troubled ‘House-Motel’ Property to be Purchased, Demolished in Seaside Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The property at 229 Franklin Avenue, Seaside Heights, N.J., July 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

A property in which a full-size motel was squeezed in behind a house decades ago will be acquired by the borough, demolished and redeveloped.<\/p>\n

Seaside Heights Mayor Anthony Vaz announced Wednesday at a meeting of the borough council that the town had been granted $2.9 million from the state for a number of special projects, one of which is the acquisition of the property for $1.1 million. The purchase is inclusive of both the motel residential structure, though both must be demolished and replaced after an eventual sale.<\/p>\n

Located at 229 Franklin Avenue, officials say the motel has generated a high number of calls to police and is a frequent trouble spot that has plagued neighbors for years. One neighbor, on hand at the meeting, cheered the announcement. According to tax records, the property was developed in 1955 on a 50-foot by 100-foot lot. Borough Administrator Christopher Vaz said officials at the time allowed both a multifamily home as well as a motel to be built on the same small parcel of land, making it “significantly out of character with the rest of the street.”<\/p>\n

The property has previously been the subject of a complaint by the borough, seeking to remove its mercantile license to operate due to the disturbances that have occurred there.<\/p>\n

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The property at 229 Franklin Avenue, Seaside Heights, N.J., July 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

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The property at 229 Franklin Avenue, Seaside Heights, N.J., July 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

Tax records indicate the property is owned by Alexander Rozental, of Staten Island, N.Y. It was last sold in 2006 for $400,000.<\/p>\n

Vaz said the borough will acquire the property for $1.1 million. It is then expected that it will be formally declared an area in need of redevelopment in order to ensure a responsible owner purchases the property and develops it in accordance with borough zoning codes. The property is located within the low-density residential zone, which calls for single-family homes.<\/p>\n

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