COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — An apartment complex in South Franklinton that Columbus police has been called to hundreds of times in the past 12 months is being sued by the city.
The City of Columbus announced Tuesday that City Attorney Zach Klein has filed a lawsuit to declare the Southpark Apartments — among the largest affordable housing developments in Columbus — a public nuisance and make the owners improve the quality of life for residents.
In addition to the numerous criminal activity that has taken place at the complex, dozens of apartment units have failed code inspections with 80 units having active violations as of June 1 and only 13 being compliant.
Southpark Apartments management will be ordered by a court to present a plan to get the property back to code and mitigate criminal activity.