The Warren County Planning Commission passed second declarations of blight against four properties at a meeting held earlier this week.

The first was the 15 Center St., Clarendon property belonging to Leon Poston.

County Planner Dan Glotz told the Commission that the owner contacted him and said he filed for bankruptcy and doesn’t own the house.

“At the time this was brought forward by the borough, it was not under bankruptcy,” Commission Chairman Paul Pascuzzi, who is also Clarendon Borough Council president, said.

The second property, 3 Economy Street in Tidioute, was the scene of a “fairly significant fire a couple years ago,” Glotz said. The owner, Twila Williams, is deceased, he added.

Attempts to contact the executor of the state have gone unreturned.

“We have heard nothing from him,” Glotz said. “It’s in pretty rough shape. This was declared blighted by the Blighted Property Review Committee back in May. Again, all the steps have been followed.”

The remaining two properties are both located in Clarendon Borough, as well.

Glotz said the BPRC and the Borough followed the protocol regarding the 309 S. Main St. property of Randy and Stacy Johnson. He noted that notifications are sent certified and regular mail. While the certified cards were not signed for, the regular mail was not returned.

Glotz said Randy Johnson called him and said he wasn’t he owner though he told the Commission that Johnson’s name is still on the deed.

The last property is owned by Las Vegas, NV-based LVDAG FAM LLC and is located at 7 Exchange St.

“They’ve signed for every one of the certified cards but have not contacted us at all,” Glotz said, noting that the taxes are up to date.

Pascuzzi said the taxes are current “because they bought it on an auction and they haven’t done anything with it.”

He said the property has been abandoned for at least three years.

Speaking more generally of the blight process, Pascuzzi said that Clarendon Borough has three or four more properties that will be entering the process.

“It’s not fund doing this,” he said. “We have no choice. Over time, people can’t afford houses.”