San Gabriel Valley : A CLEAN INCENTIVE
A property owner has until the end of January to renovate his five-unit apartment complex in Monrovia, or the city will do it for him. With a wrecking ball.
The City Council unanimously declared a dilapidated building at 919 W. Walnut St. a public nuisance last month, prompting the owner to make plans for more than $25,000 worth of changes, said Robert Kastenbaum, assistant director of community development.
Robert Christensen, a San Marino developer, said the poor economic climate had delayed his plans to make improvements to the property when he first purchased it two years ago.
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