A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article.

PIEDMONT — For the past month, four homeowners who live at Cavendish Lane have been forced to park up to a half-mile away from their homes because of damage to the street from this winter’s heavy rains.

Residents have had to leave their vehicles and carry their groceries and walk with their children that distance to their homes.

And repairing the street, which was damaged in mid-February, remains in limbo — caught between the cities of Oakland and Piedmont — according to Piedmont City Administrator Paul Benoit. He informed the Piedmont City Council about Cavendish Lane at its Monday meeting.

The reason for the inaction? Cavendish Lane is an Oakland street, one of several streets that straddle the border of Oakland and Piedmont.

“We contacted Oakland, and they said they do not have the funds or the manpower to repair the street because they have so many other storm-related issues to deal with,” Benoit said.

The city of Piedmont decided to conduct its own engineering and geotechnic studies and came up with a plan to repair Cavendish Lane for about $15,000, installing steel plates and shoring up the street.

“But Oakland said, ‘no.’ They would not approve our project because of their liability,” Benoit said.

The city of Piedmont was waiting for a response this week from Oakland if Oakland would allow Piedmont to indemnify Oakland from any responsibility for the street repairs, a request that was approved by the Piedmont City Council.

Meanwhile, all delivery and garbage trucks have been forced to park outside the damaged street and walk in for deliveries or garbage pickup.

Elsewhere: Another neighborhood problem surfaced Monday night regarding a blighted house at 954 Rose Ave. owned by Steve Eigenberg and the Yvonne Eigenberg Trust. The old house has collapsed front stairs, impeding entrance to it, a toppling chimney, a huge hole in the front yard and is in a severe state of disrepair.

Various code violations have been noted since 2010. The city began efforts to contact Eigenberg more than a year ago to correct the problems and had granted him several extensions until Jan. 5.

“Things went dark, the deadline came and went,” Benoit said.

Based on the history, the council approved moving ahead with immediately levying fines of $100 per day — which could rise to $1,000 per day — until repairs are made. The city also has incurred $18,400 in administrative costs so far — $8,000 of that for removing a tree that was deemed a safety hazard. No liens have been imposed on the property yet, Benoit said.

Eigenberg has until July 1 to do repairs. After that, the city will move ahead with abatement. Several neighbors spoke up at the meeting.

“It is an eyesore and a nuisance and needs to be corrected. It’s been seven years. A penalty is not the answer,” neighbor Mark Liss said.

“This is the first time I am aware of taking nuisance abatement to this step. The owner is resistant,” Benoit said.

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Correction: March 27, 2017

A March 24 story in the Piedmonter failed to make clear that the city of Piedmont was awaiting a response from the city of Oakland about allowing Oakland to indemnify itself from any responsibility for the street repairs, a request that was approved by the Piedmont council.