(A) It shall be unlawful for the owner, occupant, or person having control or management of any land within the city to permit a public nuisance, health hazard, or source of filth to develop thereon.
(B) Any person who violates the nuisance code shall be cited for the violation and shall received notice of the violation from the City Building Inspector. The form of the notice shall be designed in such a manner so as to reasonably be calculated to inform the person of the nature of the violation, the penalties for the violation, the procedure to be followed by said person to respond to the notice, and that the determination shall be final unless contested pursuant to the hearing procedures provided for herein. A notice of violation shall represent a determination that a violation has been committed and that determination shall be final unless contested. The penalties shall be assessment of a lien by the city against the property for the reasonable value of labor and materials used in remedying the nuisance, as well as for attorney’s fees, court costs, and other costs, as provided for under KRS 82.720 and all other applicable law with interest as the maximum legal rate provided for in Kentucky for judgments. The person shall also be subject to a one hundred dollar ($100.00) per day penalty for each day that the nuisance is not abated. The lien created herein shall take precedence over all other subsequent liens as provided for in KRS Chapter 82 and shall be enforced as provided for in said statutory scheme. The notice shall give the property owner five (5) days written notice to remedy the nuisance. The notice shall be mailed to the last known address of the owner of the property as it appears on the current tax assessment rolls. After the expiration of said five (5) day period without the nuisance being remedied, then the penalty provisions provided for herein will be assessed. The City Building Inspector will be authorized to send employees, contractors, or agents of the city upon the property to remedy the nuisance, which shall include but not be limited to the demolition or removal of any dwelling or structure to accomplish same.
(Ord. 6-1999, passed 6-21-99; Am. Ord. 8-2001, passed 8-14-01; Am. Ord. 1-2003, passed 1-7-03)
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Cross reference:
Penalty for violation, see § 50.999
Editor’s note:
KRS 82.720 repealed by 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 86, sec. 18, effective January 1, 2017.