4 Joliet Houses Declared Public Nuisances

JOLIET, IL - At Tuesday night's Joliet City Council meeting, elected officials voted to classify four homes in different areas of Joliet as public nuisances. The misfit properties are at 1011 Summit Street, 622 Central Avenue, 1512 North Broadway Street and 356 Whittier Avenue. A memo from new city manager David Hales indicates the four houses are either vacant, dilapidated, boarded up or fire damaged.

"Proper notice has been mailed to all property owners and demolition proceedings will be pursued," Joliet's City Hall vowed.

Here's some background history on the four Joliet houses now on the city's radar for being bulldozed.

1011 Summit Street, owned by John and Virginia Bosonetta, wood frame house that has sat vacant since 2006.

1011 Summit

356 Whittier Avenue, owned by Rebecca Lahners, wood frame/stucco structure deemed by the city of Joliet to be in poor condition with numerous building code violations. This house has been vacant for two years.

356 Whittier

1512 North Broadway, owned by John Jerome Jakovich, Alice Jakovich and Mary Alyce Koren. This two-story wood frame house has sat vacant since prior to 2013.

1512 North Broadway

622 Central Avenue, owned by Robert Newman Family LLC, Robert M. Newman, a one-story wood frame structure that has sat vacant since prior to 2014.

622 Central

Images via City of Joliet, Community Development Office