Oconee makes a $4,500 offer

Oconee County in court papers named the estate of a Utica property owner in a condemnation notice filing, accompanied by an offer by the county to acquire the property.  A county code enforcement officer at the end of 2019 found 14 Padgett Street, including a mobile home on the property, to violate the International Property Maintenance Code.  The county now offers the estate of James Allen Broach $4,500 dollars to acquire the property—which the county considers to be “a significant hazard and danger to persons and property.”  If the tender payment offer is unacceptable, the estate may challenge the county’s right to condemn the property in trial by a jury.