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Underground storage tanks put a previous sale of the former mini-mart and post office on hold.
A former mini-mart and post office in Van Buren has been approved for sale after originally being sold three years ago.
At its meeting this week, the Chautauqua County Legislature approved at tax foreclosure sale at 5310 Route 5 in the town of Pomfret. The property was sold for $2,750.
Last week during the Audit and Control Committee meeting, lawmakers heard that the property was originally sold in June 2018 tax auction for $14,500. After the sale it was learned that there were underground petroleum storage tanks on the property, so the sale was put on hold to assess the environmental status and potential liability.
gbacon@observertoday.com
Underground storage tanks put a previous sale of the former mini-mart and post office on hold.
OBSERVER Photo by Anthony Dolce
A former mini-mart and post office in Van Buren has been approved for sale after originally being sold three years ago.
At its meeting this week, the Chautauqua County Legislature approved at tax foreclosure sale at 5310 Route 5 in the town of Pomfret. The property was sold for $2,750.
Last week during the Audit and Control Committee meeting, lawmakers heard that the property was originally sold in June 2018 tax auction for $14,500. After the sale it was learned that there were underground petroleum storage tanks on the property, so the sale was put on hold to assess the environmental status and potential liability.
Friday, December 11, 2020 - 5:23 pm
CANTON St. Lawrence County legislators voted to turn over a once-contaminated property in Hermon to the town.
The so-called “Carr Site” at 97 Main St. was cleaned up through a county plan to target potentially environmentally contaminated properties in the county and make “these once economically productive properties beneficial to their communities again.”
During the November Finance Committee meeting, County Attorney Stephen Button said the Town of Hermon wanted the property for safety concerns “with regard to one of the oldest stone bridges in the state.”
Button said the lot is contiguous with the old stone arch bridge. He said because of a hard turn into the village approaching the bridge, “the utilization of this land would allow them to funnel the traffic in a way that would make it safer than it is.”