(a) Pending the correction of the violations to the minimum standards of the Codified Ordinances, applicable City rules and regulations, the Ohio Revised Code and the Ohio Basic Building Code, the owner of a structure may secure the structure through effective boarding.
(b) To effectively board the structure, the owner shall apply within seven days of receiving a notice of violation to the Building Department for a permit to board; the Building Department shall review the condition of the structure, determine if it can be effectively boarded and grant or deny the owner a permit to board, setting forth special requirements, if any, necessary for compliance with minimum standards for effective boarding.
(c) The owner shall effectively board the structure within seven days of the issuance of a boarding permit or within such other time limit that the Building Commissioner deems appropriate.
(Ord. 75-1988. Passed 8-17-88.)
(d) Effective boarding shall include, but not be limited to doors, windows or other areas open to ingress and egress and to weather elements. Such openings shall be secured by clearboarding cut and fit into the openings. Openings in excess of forty-eight inches wide shall be framed with two-inch by four-inch lumber and clearboarding fastened twenty-four inches on center onto the frame.
(Ord. 15-2017. Passed 2-27-17.)
(e) Upon effectively boarding the structure, the owner shall monitor and maintain the structure and its surrounding premises in a safe, secured and sanitary condition. Any portion of the exterior structure which is deemed to be potentially hazardous shall be removed or treated in such a manner so as to eliminate the hazard. Failure of the owner to properly maintain the building in the above condition shall result in the structure being deemed a public nuisance and being scheduled for demolition.
(f) Structures which are boarded without first obtaining a boarding permit shall continue to be considered public nuisances subject to demolition.
(g) Within thirty days of the issuance of a permit to board, the owner shall apply for a building permit pursuant to Chapter 1311.03. Failure of the owner to obtain a building permit subsequent to effective boarding shall result in the structure being deemed a public nuisance, and being scheduled for demolition.
(h) Rehabilitation of the structure shall commence within ninety days of receiving a building permit. If the rehabilitation of the effectively boarded structure does not commence within this time period, or the building permit is otherwise invalidated or revoked, then the Commissioner may declare that the nuisance has not been abated and schedule the structure for demolition.
(i) In case the owner, agent or person in control fails, neglects or refuses to comply with any of the above subsections, the Commissioner may take appropriate action to demolish and remove an unsafe structure, or may advise the Director of Law of the facts in the case, who, in turn, may institute appropriate action in the court to cause correction of the violations and defects, or effective boarding of such structure pending rehabilitation.
(j) The securing of building permits for such structure shall not in and of itself bar the Commissioner from taking action to abate the nuisance.
(Ord. 75-1988. Passed 8-17-88.)