Wilber Heights Fact Sheet

- Though many residents spell the neighborhood "Wilbur" Heights, a newspaper article from 1961 shows that the correct spelling is "Wilber" Heights. An error in signage when the neighborhood was incorporated caused the confusion.

- According to neighbors (no official calculation has been tabulated), the neighborhood started off with 120 homes. Now, there sit less than 40. A handful of which are uninhabited.

- The neighborhood is now home to a forging plant, a recycling plant, a porta-potty company, a concrete plant and a few car-repair shops.

- All homes in Wilber Heights are deemed "non-conforming" and zoned "light-industrial" in use.

- Residents cannot expand upon more than 10% of their homes.

- Because of the ordinance, if a fire were to destroy a home, the homeowner could not rebuild a home on their lot.

- Residents may undertake interior remodeling and maintenance of their homes includig replacing of heating, plumbing and electrical systems, re-roofing and making interior structural modifications.

- The inability to fully expand and renovate a home means that homeowners are unlikely to realize market value of their property.