(a) No person in charge or control of any public orprivate property within the City, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee, or otherwise, shall allow any junked, inoperative, dismantled, or partially dismantled motor vehicle to remain on such property longer than ten (10) calendar days after notice is served, in any manner provided by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure for service of summons in civil actions, to remove the motor vehicle from such property. A copy of said notice shall also be conspicuously affixed to the motor vehicle if the surrounding facts and circumstances make it practicable to do so.
(b) Any notice under this Chapter of these Codified Ordinances may be served by an Officer of the City’s Police Department.
(c) If no person in charge or control of any such property can be found within seven (7) calendar days from the commencement of searching, notice to such persons may be published once in a daily newspaper for general circulation within the City. Such motor vehicle shall be removed within ten (10) calendar days after publication.
(d) This section shall not apply with regard to any motor vehicle described in Section 523.02(c) of these Celina Codified Ordinances.
(e) The person in charge or control of the private property upon which the motor vehicle is located and the registered owner of the vehicle shall have the duty to abate the nuisance by removing the vehicle from the premises.
(f) The notice required by this section shall contain the following information:
(1) The motor vehicle is considered junked;
(2) The motor vehicle will be removed ten (10) calendar days thereafter, impounded, and subsequently disposed of;
(3) The person in charge or control of the private property upon which the motor vehicle is located and the registered owner of the motor vehicle will be held jointly and severally responsible for all costs incidental to the removal, storage, and disposal;
(4) The person in charge or control of the private property upon which the motor vehicle is located and the registered owner of the motor vehicle may avoid fines and costs by removing the motor vehicle from the City or enclosing such vehicle in an appropriate structure;
(5) The date and the address and telephone number of the City department to contact for information;
(6) A notification that any person to whom the notice is directed may file within the ten (10) calendar day period of compliance a written request for a hearing, as set forth in Section 523.04 of these Celina Codified Ordinances.
(7) A notification that any party can appeal an entry of a final order rendered pursuant to Section 523.05 of these Celina Codified Ordinances within thirty (30) days, or as otherwise provided by Ohio Revised Code 2505.01, et seq.; 2505.07.
(g) The movement of a vehicle from private property to any public right-of-way, or to another location under circumstances constituting a violation of this chapter, shall not constitute compliance with a notice prescribed by this section.
(Ord. 29-12. Passed 8-13-12.)