The long-troubled Lakeside Pointe at Nora apartment complex — under threat of a city nuisance lawsuit — has a new owner. The change in ownership means city and local heath officials will shelve — for now — a “test case” lawsuit under Indiana’s nuisance law.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett’s administration on Tuesday threatened suit against the ownership of a Nora-area apartment complex that’s racked up hundreds of health and building code violations.
An Indiana man failed to craft an argument to convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana that his complaint against the local town’s order for the demolition of his home was timely filed and the statute mandating a town provide 10-day notification of a demolition order is unconstitutional.
The nearly four-year legal battle over allegations that the southern Indiana city of Charlestown used unconstitutional code enforcement tactics to force a group of neighborhood residents out of their homes has been resolved with a settlement agreement requiring the city to act “reasonably” in its enforcement of local codes.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a public works and safety board’s order that a man restore a property he uses as apartments back to a single-family dwelling after finding the home to be unsafe and sufficient evidence proved it was not a multi-family unit.