Cedar Rapids council hears petitions to curb smut and bats
Neighbors demand action to remove adult entertainment venues in the 1500 block business district. Petitions with 1597 signatures urge a minimum distance ordinance and enhanced neighborhood-improvement efforts. In a separate issue, housing inspectors report over a year of bat infestations at 1705 B St. SW, with 150 bats fleeing at dusk. The city plans to work with owner George Joens on a solution, including possible fumigation and renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Stevens
Hal Sondrol
Sondrol
First Ave
City Planning Commission
Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
B St. SW
Canney
Jim Fisher
Fisher
Linda Taylor
Joens
Czech Village
City buys back two Cedar Rapids lots at bargain prices
Southeast Improvement Co. submitted the only bids for 1006 Seventh St. SE and 917 10th Ave. SE, paying 1033 and 333 dollars respectively after the city tore down two dilapidated houses earlier. The city had bought the parcels in 1981 for rehabilitation or demolition and resold them. both homes were razed at city expense. A Czech Heritage Foundation project will relocate a small house once owned by Frank Sleger to land behind the Czech Museum and restore it, while a nearby vintage garage and chicken coop will be razed due to termites.
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Cedar Rapids
Southeast Improvement Co
Seventh St
10Th Ave
Seventh Street
10Th Avenue
First Street
Frank Sleger
Sleger
Raymond Krug
Krug
Beerm a g arden hurdle blocks Cedar Rapids bar plan
Cedar Rapids bar Pat O'Brien's seeks a parking variance to add a beer garden at 3900 Center Point Road NE. The review uncovers a McCloud Run drainage easement and an eight foot setback, delaying opening until after snow. The Board of Adjustment grants the variance and a conditional use but requires an encroachment permit from the city. O'Brien invites guests for Christmas Eve drinks.
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Mike O’brien
Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment
Pat O'Brien
Center Point Road
O’brien
Board of Adjustment
Thief Targets Pizza Shop in Cedar Rapids Burglary
Police report a Cedar Rapids burglary at Georgina's Pizza 3136 Mount Vernon Road SE where five mozzarella boxes a sauce case two mushroom boxes a steel pan $400 cash and a $3 300 cash register were taken. Value totaled 4312 with no forced entry suspected. Entry may have occurred via an unlocked neighboring vacated business.
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Cedar Rapids
Georgina’s Pizza
Mount Vernon Road
Teen Suspect in Stabbing Moved to Less Secure Facility
Frank Pledge, 16, was moved from the Linn Juvenile Detention Center to Linn Shelter Care Facility to await trial on a delinquency charge for stabbing Dean Krumviede, 18. The incident occurred Aug. 8 in the 500 block of 12th Street SE after a brick was hurled at a car.
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Frank Pledge
Linn
Pledge
K Ave
Marion
Dean Krumviede
14Th St. SE
12Th Street SE
Krumviede
Pledge Released From Detention Under Supervised Terms
Juvenile Court Judge Brent Harstad released Pledge from the detention center citing good behavior and emotional control. He may leave only under supervision of parents, shelter staff, his attorney or probation officer. a hearing set for Aug. 23 will hear a plea or defense.
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Brent Harstad
10Th St
Pledge
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