(A) All wireless and cellular telecommunication towers and facilities shall be removed within six months after they are no longer used. All owners or operators of such towers and facilities shall notify the City Engineer and Building Commissioner in writing of the date upon which such towers or facilities are no longer used.
(B) Wireless and cellular telecommunication towers and facilities which are not removed within six months after they are no longer used are hereby declared to be a public nuisance and shall be abated by removal of such towers and/or facilities.
(C) The City Engineer or Building Commissioner shall serve written notice on the owner or operator of the tower and/or facilities and the lessee and/or owner of the property upon which such tower and facilities are located ordering removal of the tower and/or facilities within 120 days of the receipt of the notice.
(D) In the event that the tower and/or facilities are not removed within 120 days after written notice, then the Building Commissioner is authorized and directed to abate such public nuisance by causing the removal of the tower and/or facilities at the expense of the owner or lessees of the tower, facilities, or property.
(E) The cost of removal of the tower and/or facilities by the city shall be certified by the Hamilton County Auditor as a lien for assessment and collection against the real property upon which the tower and/or facilities were located in the same manner as general taxes and returned to the city's general fund.
(Ord. 02-28, passed 10-15-02)