Middletown City Council approved this week the sale of five of these vacant lots and also approved the donation of three other parcels.
The properties include:
- Two parcels located at 1135 and 1119 Lafayette Ave. Woodside Cemetery officials approached the city to purchase the lots for expansion of the cemetery. The cost was $500 for each parcel for a total of $1,000.
- One parcel located at 320 Yankee Road. Kristie LeVangie-Melke and Richard Melke approached the city to purchase the property for $500.
- Two parcels located at the corner of South University Boulevard and First Avenue. Tom Williams of Williams Pest Control expressed interest in these lots for business parking. Williams told Community Revitalization Director Kyle Fuchs that he previously leased the properties from the city for parking. Fuchs, who said he could not find a copy of that lease, recommended selling the lots for $500 each for a total $1,000 as was done with the other transactions.
- Three parcels, including one at 1601 Tytus Ave., donated to Jo Am Properties, LLC. John Wyrick of Jo Am Properties approached the city about the parcels, which his tenants had been using for parking until it came to the city's attention that it owned half of the parking lot. Wyrick presented Fuchs with a survey plat showing that those parcels were based on a 1933 survey from for Miami and Erie Canal lands. Fuchs said it was a right-of-way that is no longer needed.
He also said Wyrick told him that some years ago those parcels along Verity Parkway at the property behind him had been vacated, but for some unknown reason the process at his property. Fuchs met with the city Engineering, Planning, and Public Works departments and there was agreement that there was no need for the city to retain those parcels.
Because of this and because Wyrick has maintained the parcels for many years, Fuchs recommended donating them to Jo Am Properties, LLC. Council approved the donation at its Tuesday meeting.
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