Saturday, March 06, 1999
Yellow Cab buying site
Family business giving way
BY TERRY FLYNN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
NEWPORT — The combination gas station, repair shop, tire store and convenience store operated at 19th Street and Alexandria Pike by the Neltner family since 1946 is about to disappear.
In its place will be the new home of Newport Yellow Cab and Executive Transportation Services, the taxi and limousine/motor coach business now located at 629 York Street.
“The deal should be final in about 10 days,” said owner Tony Neltner. “Every thing looks good. We've been here since 1946, but it's time to go.”
The Neltner family operates a string of Kentucky Motor shops around Northern Kentucky, and Mr. Neltner said most of the employees from the Newport multipurpose location will go to other sites and continue to work for the company.
Carl Ward, one of the owners of Newport Yellow Cab and Executive Transportation, Friday declined to comment on the pending sale or what changes might occur at the site, except to say that no money had changed hands.
Mr. Neltner said Yellow
Cab is purchasing the entire piece of property, including several one-story buildings and a half-dozen houses situated along 19th Street behind the business that are currently used as rental property.
Newport City Commissioner Beth Fennell, who lives on Summerhill, which runs off 19th Street up the hill from Neltner's, said she had some concerns about what Mr. Ward's company will do with the property.
“The city is still waiting to see a development plan,” Ms. Fennell said. “I think they know we have some concerns. I have been told they (Yellow Cab) want to operate the complete company from the new location.”
City: No problem
City Manager Phil Ciafardini said the city had no problems with the sale. “It's a matter of two people doing business,” he said. “As long as the property is being purchased with no zone changes required, we have no reason to interfere. At some point we will probably see a (development) plan, and we'll go from there, but I expect to be able to work with the owners.”
Carrie Buemi, who has lived on 19th Street about a half-block from Neltner's for 46 years, said she is not happy about the change in ownership of the property.
“I don't think it's going to look very good,” Ms. Buemi said. “And I don't know what it will do to my property values. But I guess there isn't much we can do.”
No cause for concern
Mr. Neltner said he could not understand why anyone who lives near the property would be concerned about Yellow Cab moving there.
“The traffic will probably be about one third of what it is now,” he said. “We pump 100,000 gallons of gas a month, do 40 repair jobs a week, and sell tires and food. Most of the time, the cabs won't even be on the site because they'll be on the road.”
He said he had never had anyone from the neighborhood tell him they were opposed to the sale. “I only heard about one complaint, and that was indirectly from another party,” he said.
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