City forecloses on dilapidated property to expand park

Not providing the minimum home upkeep required by the city can costs homeowners thousands of dollars and even their home.

A few properties were forced to foreclose after accruing hundreds of thousands of dollars for code compliance violations through the city of Boynton Beach.

The City Attorney’s Office was authorized last week at a City Commission meeting to file a lawsuit to foreclose on  code enforcement liens totaling $508,336.48 as of June 15 held by the  city on property owned by Gail and Andrew Luchey at 124  NW 10th Ave. and 118 NW 10th Ave.

Scott Blasie, Boynton’s code compliance administrator, said the next step of foreclosure is litigation by the city against the owners.

“They will get a chance to defend themselves in court and the city will have to decide whether it wants to take over the property,” Blasie said.

He also said the area of which the homes are located is the Heart of Boynton, where drug activity and crime is high.

“The City Commission approved 5-0 for the legal department to move forward with the foreclosure,” Blasie said. “It is in the heart of our redevelopment area, so it is for the public good to do this.”

For past two years, the violations have accrued on the two properties under the Florida Building Code of $200 and $500 per day for general condition of property.

Read more about this story in the July 15 issue of the Boynton Forum.

Mike Rothman can be reached at mkrothman@tribune.com.

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Mike Rothman
Mike Rothman graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and a Master’s Degree in Management. He grew up in South Florida and has been back working here since July 2006. Mike wrote for numerous publications previously including the Gainesville Sun, GatorBait Magazine and Inspin.com, where he was the NBA Expert.

When Mike is not hitting the streets of Boynton Beach and Delray Beach looking for stories, he can be found playing sports or spending time with friends.

He also enjoys provoking his fellow Hometown Downtown columnist, Dave DiPino, for the sake of good stories, of course. He can be reached at mkrothman@tribune.com or at 954-871-1233.