Another 11 liens were or will be filed against properties to recover cleanup costs incurred by the city.
City Council approved a resolution (AR-237-18) during its combined pre-conference and regular meeting on Nov. 19. The measure authorized liens totaling $1,110 in cleanup costs against four properties, one of which was among six properties that had liens filed against it in October:
- 2312 Elizabeth Ave., Block 272/Lot 21, $110
- 1606-08 Fernote St., Block 203/Lot 10, $350
- 1022 Jefferson Ave., Block 138/Lot 1, $450
- 2282 Price St., Block 268/Lot 22, $200
Another resolution (AR-247-18) scheduled to be voted upon at the Dec. 10 regular meeting would authorize the filing of another seven liens, totaling $1,550:
- 212 Jensen Ave., Block 33/Lot 21, $165
- 1186 Mooney Place, Block 179/Lot 5, $160
- 282 Price St., Block 268/Lot 22, $175
- St. Georges Avenue (lot between Rayhon Terrace/Linden Avenue), Block 255/Lot 36, $425
- Seminary Avenue @ Church Street (lot), Block 166/Lot 14, $320
- 469 Sycamore St., Block 61/Lot 5, $165
- 2007 Whittier St., Block 224/Lot 11, $140
Here’s an updated Google Map that plots all 17 liens (three of the properties had liens filed twice) that were included in the three recent resolutions:
The property at 1022 Jefferson Ave. was cited twice, first with a lien of $455 and now a second time for $450. Likewise, Lot at Seminary Avenue and Church Street ($195 and $320) and 1186 Mooney Place ($285 and $160) also were cited in two of the three resolutions.
Two of the properties cited last month both were listed as vacant on the city’s foreclosure registry back in 2015: The site at 2282 Price St., and another around the corner down at 2312 Elizabeth Ave., located near the corner of Kearney Avenue, not far from the Linden border.
The Jefferson Avenue property, located between Elm Avenue and Nicholas Place, also appeared on the registry in 2015 as vacant. It’s the only one among those three, however, that has recently changed hands. After going into foreclosure at the end of 2016, the property was acquired in February for $89,124, according to property records, by an East Brunswick-based entity listed as 7 Lee Street, LLC.
The Jefferson Avenue property incurred a third lien for the “removal of nuisances,” with approval of a resolution (AR-08-19) by City Council at the Jan. 7 regular meeting.
The code enforcement officer is authorized to “serve notices to abate nuisances including, but not limited to: brush, weeds, ragweed, dead and dying trees, stumps, roots, obnoxious growth, filth, garbage, trash, and debris,” according to the resolution. The officer also has the power to “direct the removal of such nuisances from property after notice of abatement has served and the mandatory compliance period has expired.”
