(a) Whenever the Building Commissioner or Safety Director has declared a building or structure to be a nuisance pursuant to Section 680.05 and Council has taken no action within 15 days to otherwise modify or to negate such finding and declaration, and the owner fails, neglects or refuses to comply with any notice by the Building Commissioner, and such structure constitutes a hazard to the health, safety or welfare of its occupants or the public, the Building Commissioner or Safety Director may issue a notice ordering the structure or premises concerned to be vacated and/or demolished, and he or she may advise the Director of Law of the circumstances, and request the Director of Law to institute an appropriate action at law or in equity to compel compliance.
(b) Whenever the owner, agent or person in charge of a dwelling structure or premises fails, neglects or refuses to comply with a notice to vacate issued by the Building Commissioner, the Building Commissioner may request the Chief of Police to enforce the orders of such notice of vacation and cause the structure to be vacated in accordance with the terms of such notice.
(c) Whenever the owner, agent or person in charge of a dwelling structure, fails, neglects or refuses to comply with a notice to demolish issued in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the Building Commissioner or Safety Director shall request the Director of Law to prepare legislation stating such determination and authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to enter into a contract for the demolition of such structure, or to take such other action as may be necessary to abate the nuisance. The Building Commissioner shall furnish the owner, occupant, lessee or mortgagee of the real estate from which the nuisance originates with a statement of such determination and action taken in conformance with the procedures set forth in this chapter for the service of notice of violation, along with the estimated cost of abating the same prior to the abatement, and a statement of the final cost as soon as the cost can be ascertained, and shall order the owner to pay the cost within such reasonable time as the Building Commissioner or Safety Director shall fix. All costs incurred by the Village in abating such nuisance shall be collected from the property owner in the manner provided in Ohio R.C. 715.261.
(d) The remedies provided for in this section shall be in addition to the penalty provided in Section 680.05(b).
(Ord. 2012-98. Passed 10-10-12.)