Second hearing, same result

By: 
Nick Pedley

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City error leads to second appeal hearing for Heyde property

 

     The lengthy battle between the City of Hampton and Milton Heyde continued last week during a special appeal hearing regarding one of the local landlord’s rental properties.

     In July, Code Enforcement Officer Doug Tarr ruled a duplex owned by Heyde was unfit to rent due to unsafe wiring that created fire hazards. The tenants were removed from the residence, and Heyde eventually appealed to the city within a 20-day window. However, the Hampton Housing Rehab Committee upheld Tarr’s original decision at a special hearing on Aug. 18 after both sides presented evidence to support their arguments.

     But that wasn’t the end of it. Upon further investigation, City Manager Ron Dunt discovered the Hampton Housing Appeals Board should have heard the original appeal, not the Housing Rehab Committee.

     Read the full article in the October 8 edition of the Hampton Chronicle.

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