(A) All wireless and cellular telecommunication towers and facilities shall be removed within six months after they are no longer used or in the event that it is proven that the towers cause a health hazard. A telecommunication tower and/or facility shall be considered abandoned if non-operational for six consecutive months. All owners or operators of such towers or facilities shall notify the Community Development Director 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 abandoned are hereby declared to be a public nuisance which shall be abated by removal of such tower and/or facilities.
(C) The Community Development Director 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 the written notice, then the Community Development Director 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 lessee of the tower, facilities or property.
(E) The cost of removal of the tower and/or facilities by the city shall be certified to 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. 21-1997, passed 9-15-97)