Bath Township officials are relieved as the Lima Inn has been demolished. The Lima Inn Motel on Neubrecht Road has been vacant for several years and a problem for the township. Several fires were reported at the inn over the last year giving cause for concern to neighboring businesses. The Allen County Land Bank previously tried to acquire the property. Instead, someone else bought the building and has a development plan in the works. Demolition is phase one. It's unclear if that person has plans to demolish the remaining restaurant and gas station portion of the property.

A foreclosure for a Lima motel that's had its sixth fire in a year, is currently pending. Last fall the Allen County Land Bank filed a foreclosure action in the board of revision for the former Lima Inn. But a third party's decision to file the case through the common pleas court has put the foreclosure on hold.