(a) Within 15 days after it has been determined that a nuisance exists, as defined in Section 561.01.
(1) All persons responsible therefore shall vacate the premises or file for an appeal hearing before the public nuisance appeals board;
(2) Upon notification of the existing nuisance, the owner shall initiate such legal action as is necessary to vacate all persons responsible therefore from the premises, and shall diligently process such legal action to a conclusion.
(b) After the last person responsible for the nuisance has vacated the premises, the owner shall provide documentation that those responsible for the nuisance abatement are no longer residing at that location.
Any owner or owner occupied location that has 2 or more identified public nuisance violations, at the same numerical address, within a 12 month period, will be ordered to appear before the Nuisance Appeals Board. The review board can issue an order to keep the premises vacated for up to 365 days based on the findings of the review board.
(Ord. 35-15. Passed 11-5-15.)