(A) Whenever the Police Chief or his or her designee determines that an additional nuisance activity has occurred at a premises for which a notice has been issued pursuant to § 111.31, and this nuisance activity occurs more than 13 days after the notice has been issued, the Police Chief or his or her designee may determine that the premises is a chronic nuisance and order that the owner abate the nuisance within 30 days of the owner's receipt of the notice. The Police Chief or his or her designee may also calculate the cost of enforcement for this and any subsequent nuisance activities, notify the owner that the owner is being billed for the cost of this and any subsequent nuisance activities, and bill the owner for the cost of enforcement.
(B) The notice and order provided for in division (A) above shall be deemed properly delivered if sent by first class mail to the address for the owner listed on the records of the Hamilton County Auditor. If the notice and order are returned as undeliverable, the notice and order shall be deemed properly delivered if they are either posted on the front door of the premises that is the subject of the notice and order, or if they are delivered in person to the owner. The notice shall contain the following information:
(1) The street address or legal description sufficient for identification of the premises;
(2) A description of the nuisance activity or activities that have occurred at the premises, for which the owner is being billed, including the dates of the nuisance activity or activities;
(3) An order that the nuisance activity be abated; and
(4) A statement that the premises owner may appeal the determination that the owner's premises is a chronic nuisance or may appeal the amount of the bill as provided in § 111.34.
(C) A determination that a premises is a chronic nuisance subject to bills for the cost of enforcement pursuant to this section and subject to fines or criminal prosecution pursuant to § 111.33 shall be effective for a two year period beginning with the first nuisance activity that is the subject of the first bill for enforcement sent to the premises owner for that specific premises.
(Ord. 07-32, passed 12-4-07)