(a) Whenever the Village Solicitor, or his or her designee, determines that an additional nuisance activity has occurred at a premises for which a notice has been issued pursuant to Section 557.02, and this nuisance activity occurs more than fourteen (14) days after the notice has been issued, the Village Solicitor, or his or her designee, shall determine that the premises is a chronic nuisance and issue a lawful order that the owner abate the nuisance within thirty (30) days of the owner's receipt of the notice. The Village Solicitor, or his or her designee, shall also calculate the cost of enforcement for this and any subsequent nuisance activities, notify the owner that the owner is being billed for the cost of this and any subsequent nuisance activities, and bill the owner for the cost of enforcement. Failure to abate the nuisance shall be deemed a violation of this chapter.
(b) The notice and order provided for in Section 557.02 shall be deemed properly delivered if sent by first class mail to the address for the owner listed on the records of the Hamilton County Auditor. If the notice and order are returned as undeliverable, the notice and order shall be deemed properly delivered if they are either posted on the front door of the premises that is the subject of the notice and order or if they are delivered in person to the owner. The notice shall contain the following information:
(1) The street address or legal description sufficient for identification of the premises;
(2) A description of the nuisance activity or activities for which the premises owner is being billed, including the dates of the nuisance activity or activities;
(3) An order that the nuisance activity be abated; and
(4) A statement that the premises owner may appeal the determination that the owner's premises is a chronic nuisance or may appeal the amount of the bill as provided in Section 557.05.
(c) A determination that a premises is a chronic nuisance subject to bills for the cost of enforcement pursuant to Section 557.04 and subject to fines or criminal prosecution pursuant to Section 557.04 shall be effective against the owner until the nuisance is abated under the thresholds established in Section 557.02.
(Ord. 2019-8. Passed 6-24-19.)