(a) Notwithstanding and in addition to all sections of this Chapter, the City Administrator is authorized to enter into an Abatement, Demolition and Lien Agreement with the approval of a property owner or other responsible person to abate any public nuisance as defined in Section 1317.01.
(b) In the event an Abatement, Demolition and Lien Agreement is executed by the City Administrator and the property owner under this Section, no further notice is required to be given to the property owner regarding the nuisance and its abatement.
(c) Any and all expenses or costs incurred under this Chapter for nuisance abatement, including the removal, repair, altercation, securing or boarding of a building or structure shall be paid by the owner of the land and/or other responsible person as provided in Ohio Revised Code 715.261, which amount shall be included in the Abatement, Demolition and Lien Agreement. Counsel for the City is then authorized to certify the costs described herein to the Defiance County Auditor for the purpose of making such costs and expenses a lien upon the property, to be collected as other taxes and returned to the City with accounting thereof in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 715.261. In addition, and as an alternative method of obtaining payment of such expenses and costs, City may deem those expenses a utility service charge and collect them as provided in Section 1317.07(e). (Ord. 7935. Passed 8-8-17.)