Albemarle County has completed work to remove three houses in the Scottsville Magisterial District that were considered to be hazardous. The Board of Supervisors had agreed on March 20 of this year that the structures on Rolling Road were in violation of the county’s spot blight ordinance.
“Staff received a complaint regarding the conditions of this property and determined through an investigation that the house is uninhabited and unsafe,” reads the staff report for 2941 Rolling Road from that meeting.
The process to remove the house was initiated by staff in the Department of Community Development, a process repeated for 3239 Rolling Road and 3247 Rolling Road.
The cost to remove all three structures was estimated at $88,000 and staff hired a contractor to conduct the work. That included making sure utilities were disconnected and visits to neighbors to inform them what was going to happen.
“These visits were well received by the residents who provided positive feedback regarding the work that was about to be performed,” reads page three of the latest quarterly report from the Department of Facilities and Environmental Services. “One neighbor informed staff that they believed a bear was living in the crawlspace of one of the houses scheduled for demolition. Fortunately, no bears were encountered during the project.”
Demolition began on June 17 and was completed on June 26. The cost came in under budget.
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