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Appeals Court Upholds City's Right To Close Local Hotel

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The Tenth Ohio District Court of Appeals has upheld a Franklin County Municipal Court order allowing the City of Columbus to close a nuisance hotel on the North side for a year due to criminal activity. Police have said violence, drugs and prostitution are among the severe problems found at the Red Carpet Inn on Dublin Granville Road. The hotel owners said the city lacked sufficient evidence, and claimed the closure was beyond the state's one-year limit because the court temporarily closed it before making a final ruling.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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