Residential Real Estate Owned by Richmond Heights Government

Below please see the list of 42 residential properties owned by the City of Richmond Heights.  

Special thanks to longtime resident Lee Kinnard in Ward 2 for drawing my attention to this important information while I was campaigning in 2009.

For the residential real estate listed below, the City pays all utilities: electricity, gas, and water.  In addition, the City pays for upkeep – such as grass cutting and snow removal – through the Service Department.  These expenses are not accounted for separately and cannot be easily separated from the City’s overall annual expenses.

As residents and tax-payers, you will not be able to find this list in the City’s most recent audited financial statement dated December 2008 because the assets are not itemized.  As of December 2008, the City of Richmond Heights had total net capital assets of $23.8 million.

To view the 2008 Richmond Heights audit, see the Auditor of State website. 

Copied below are the comments from the Auditor of State in 2008 regarding how Richmond Heights accounts for its property:

Capital Asset Records

·         Depreciation amounts have not changed for assets dated 2004 and earlier.

·         No detail listing exists for 2004 asset additions.

·         Incorrect depreciation amounts were calculated either in the first year or subsequent year of assets.

·         Depreciation amounts were taken for assets whose useful life had already expired.

·         Funds issued by the Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) on the City’s behalf for infrastructure projects were not recorded in the City’s financial system and thus not included as asset additions with corresponding depreciation on the City’s capital asset listings.

·         Asset additions included items that were below the capitalization threshold established by the City.

·         The last official inventory taken of assets was performed as of December 31, 2003.

·         The City utilizes several Excel spreadsheets to account for additions and depreciation. These spreadsheets contained incorrect formulas for footing and depreciation calculations.

·         There was some minor consistency issues associated with the useful lives used within the same class of capital assets.

(As of June 23, 2011)
Parcel Number	Address	Date of Transfer	Grantor	Tax Exemption	Comments
661-10-028	26260 Chardon Rd.			Yes
662-24-006	Highland Rd.			Yes
662-24-005	27285 Highland Rd.			Yes
662-24-004	Highland Rd.			Yes
662-23-001	0000 Highland Rd			Yes
662-11-051	Trebisky Rd.			Yes
662-16-092	Highland Rd.			Yes
662-27-002	Hillary Lane		Richmond Run Homeowner Assoc.	Yes
662-22-023	457 Richmond Rd.			Yes*	*Court mistakenly took off tax exempt list when new City Hall built.  Exemption application filed 3/25/09 and granted 3/31/10.
661-21-013	Balmoral Dr.	July 16, 1990	State of Ohio (Foreclosure)	Yes
661-05-016	Richmond Rd.	July 13, 1994	Phillip B. Didonato	Yes
662-04-012	Highland Rd.	July 13, 1994	Sylvester Hall	Yes
662-28-061	0000 Edgewood Rd.	July 13, 1994	Richard E. Dyer & E B Dyer	Yes
661-04-003	Richmond Rd.	July 31, 1994	John V. Obak	Yes
661-02-159	Chardon Rd.	August 30, 1994	Chardon Realty Co.	Yes	Old Agresta landfill site with sanitary pump station.
662-24-003	27223 Highland Rd.	December 6, 1996	Alice Fisco	Yes
661-18-094	Royaloak Rear Blvd.	August 5, 1997	Douglas G. Oviatt Jr.	Yes
662-26-016	0000 Lindsey Lane	July 28, 2000	State of Ohio (Foreclosure)	Yes
661-13-011	ROYAL OAK BLVD	May 11, 2001	Lml Partnership	Yes
Backland at 662-11-014 split off and attached to 662-11-051 (DeSan Park)	497 Trebisky Road (rear)	2004	Estate of Rudolph Medves	Yes
661-08-005	264 Richmond Rd.	October 13, 2004	Anne M. Stevens & Danforth G. Douglas	Yes	Tax exemption granted 3/10/10 retroactive to 2008.
662-24-002	27211 Highland Rd.	March 30, 2005	Lorna M. Walsh	Yes	Tax exemption granted 6/23/08.
Backland	430 Richmond Rd. (rear)	October 2005	Dana F. Green and Erin M. Green	Yes
662-22-012	434 Richmond Rd.	October 14, 2005	Lorrene A. Arth	Yes	Tax exemption granted 3/10/10 retroactive to 2008.
662-22-011	442 Richmond Rd.	July 21, 2006	Robert Debelak	Yes	Tax exemption granted 8/26/08.
661-08-040	266 Richmond Rd.	November 15, 2006	John Hocevar	Yes	Tax exemption granted 8/27/08.
662-03-008	Highland Rd.	January 11, 2007	James Knaus	Yes	Tax exemption granted 10/7/09.
661-08-039	Richmond Road	December 28, 2007	County Commissioners	Yes	Tax exemption granted 10/7/09.  (Sanitary sewer easement parcel.)
661-01-010	S/L 10 Harlowe Street	July 10, 2007	Sheriff's Deed	Yes	Landbank Program
		(Deed recorded 6/27/08)
661-11-104	Block A - Whiteacres Estates (Whiteway Drive)	July 10, 2007	Sheriff's Deed	Yes	Landbank Program
		(Deed recorded 6/27/08)
661-01-009	S/L 9 Harlowe Street	January 14, 2008	Sheriff's Deed	Yes	Landbank Program
		(Deed recorded 6/27/08)
661-03-071	Edgemont Drive (Ravine)	January 24, 2008	County Commissioners	Yes	Tax exemption granted 3/11/11.
661-03-72	Edgemont Drive (Ravine)	January 24, 2008	County Commissioners	Yes	Tax exemption granted 3/11/11.
661-03-73	Edgemont Drive (Ravine)	January 24, 2008	County Commissioners	Yes	Tax exemption granted 3/11/11.
661-01-003	Harlowe Street (unimproved)	June 26, 2009	Donald C. Newlands	Yes	Tax exemption granted 8/24/10.
661-01-007	Harlowe Street (unimproved)	June 26, 2009	Donald C. Newlands	Yes	Tax exemption granted 8/24/10.
661-14-116	Wethersfield (vacant lot) (S/L 139-Richmond Bluffs)	December 23, 2008 (Deed recorded 5/11/10)	Sheriff's Deed	Yes	Landbank Program.
662-02-002	V/L Hilltop Road	January 24, 2011 (Deed recorded 6/21/11)	Sheriff's Deed	Yes	Landbank Program
662-26-080	V/L-Block E, Richmond Run Subdivision (N. of Ammon Rd.)	April 20, 2009 (Deed recorded 6/4/10)	Sheriff's Deed	Yes	Landbank Program
662-27-015	V/L-Block G, Richmond Run Subdivision (off Hillary Ln.)	February 3, 2010 (Deed recorded 6/4/10)	Sheriff's Deed	Yes	Landbank Program
662-19-028	675 Meadowlane Drive	February 3, 2010 (Deed recorded 6/4/10)	Sheriff's Deed	Yes	Landbank Program