{"id":2666,"date":"2016-08-04T02:42:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T06:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=2666"},"modified":"2016-08-04T03:56:06","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T07:56:06","slug":"large-abandoned-rental-property-draws-ire-of-seaside-heights-neighbors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2016\/08\/large-abandoned-rental-property-draws-ire-of-seaside-heights-neighbors\/","title":{"rendered":"Large, Abandoned Rental Property Draws Ire of Seaside Heights Neighbors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An abandoned rental property on Sampson Avenue in Seaside Heights. (Photo: Rachael Bowen)<\/p><\/div>\n

Seaside Heights officials say they are doing all they can \u2013 including taking legal action \u2013 to allow them to either secure or demolish a large rental property that neighbors say is dangerous.<\/p>\n

The property at 33 Sampson Avenue, called\u00a0Melrose by the Sea, was\u00a0a multi-unit rental property that offered one, two and three bedroom units to guests. Since Superstorm Sandy, it has been abandoned, neighbors say, leading to a rodent infestation and even squatters sometimes making their way into the structure.<\/p>\n

Robert Iovino, the owner of the home next door, described a dangerous situation to Seaside Heights borough council members on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were some youngsters playing hide-and-seek, they went into the property and then got trapped in the property when the door slammed behind them,\u201d Iovino said.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, he said, a good Samaritan was able to break through the door with a cro-bar and free the children.<\/p>\n

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An abandoned rental property on Sampson Avenue in Seaside Heights. (Photo: Rachael Bowen)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in a very difficult position,\u201d said Iovino. \u201cI\u2019m having much difficulty renting my property because nobody wants to be next to that property.\u201d<\/p>\n

Borough Attorney Jean Cipriani said the town has filed motions in Ocean County Superior Court seeking a judge\u2019s permission to demolish the building, but since it is now in foreclosure, the court has halted any action until after a sheriff\u2019s sale is completed, potentially later this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court will not enter an order for us to be able to demolish the property until the sheriff\u2019s sale takes place,\u201d said Cipriani.<\/p>\n

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An abandoned rental property on Sampson Avenue in Seaside Heights. (Photo: Rachael Bowen)<\/p><\/div>\n

There are the potential for more delays after the sale, she said, explaining that a judge may give a bank or a new owner time to repair the property if it is sold. The good news, however, is that banks may\u00a0take it upon themselves to either demolish or improve the safety of a property once they gain title to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cOften, they will take action, and we will have a clear person to take to court,\u201d said Cipriani, adding that\u00a0Iovino\u2019s story of the trapped children may be enough to convince a judge to allow the borough to take emergent action to securely board up the building while proceedings continue.<\/p>\n

Cipriani said the borough has been dealing with the matter in the court system for about six months.<\/p>\n

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Seaside Heights officials say they are doing all they can \u2013 including taking legal action \u2013 to allow them to either secure or demolish a large rental property that neighbors say is dangerous. The property at 33 Sampson Avenue, called\u00a0Melrose by the Sea, was\u00a0a multi-unit rental property that offered one, two and three bedroom units […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,6,5],"tags":[712,714,713,20],"class_list":["post-2666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-seaside-government","category-seaside-heights","tag-33-sampson-avenue","tag-abandoned-building","tag-melrose-by-the-sea","tag-seaside-heights-nj-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_2928.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgsn9q-H0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}