(a) No person shall fail to fill or drain any lot or land or remove any putrid substances therefrom, or remove all obstructions from culverts, covered drains or natural water courses as provided in Ohio R.C. 715.47 within the lawful time after service or publication of the notice or resolution is made as required by law.
(b) No person shall dump, cause to be dumped, permit to be dumped, or allow on any publicly or privately owned land, water, watercourse, creek, book, branch, or drainage ditch so as to impede, divert or interfere with the flow of water therein, any of the following:
(1) Any garbage, wood or wood products, paper, cardboard, scrap metal or metal products, liquid or semi-liquid products or other scrap or waste materials of any nature whatsoever, and
(2) Any earth, stone, bricks, broken concrete, broken asphalt, and similar nonorganic materials.
Upon written information that any of the obstructions described in this division have been dumped or placed in violation of this prohibition, Council may by resolution direct the owner of the property to remove such obstruction(s) within the time therein specified and cause a copy of such resolution to be served or published upon the owner of the property as required by law.
(c) In the event that the owner of such property fails or refuses to comply with any resolution described in this section, the work required thereby may be done at the expense of the City and the amount of money shall be a lien on such property and shall be recovered from the owner before any court of competent jurisdiction.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 90-5798. Passed 2-13-90.)