(a) Should the owner not make an application for a special building permit within ten days after being served notice or fail to file an appeal pursuant to Section 531.05 or should the nuisance not be abated at the expiration time stated in the special building permit issued by the Officer or such additional time as the hearing board may grant, the Manager is authorized, at any time thereafter, to enter upon the premises, and the owner shall permit him entry, to abate the nuisance by demolition and removal of the structure or by taking any other such action as may be required.
(b) In abating such nuisance the Manager may call upon any department of the Municipality for whatever assistance may be necessary, or may, by private contract, obtain the abatement thereof, and the cost of such private contract shall be paid for from Municipal funds specifically authorized by Council in order to abate such public nuisances.
(c) In abating such nuisance, the Manager may go to whatever extent necessary to complete the abatement of the same and the cost of the abatement action shall be recovered from the owner as follows:
(1) The owner shall be billed directly by certified mail for the cost of the abatement. The bill for the cost of the abatement shall be paid within sixty days after receipt of the bill.
(2) If costs are not so recovered, then the Municipality shall cause the cost of the abatement to be levied as an assessment and recovered in accordance with Ohio R.C. 715.261.
(Ord. 95-33. Passed 6-19-95.)