1937.03 RESPONSIBILITIES OF OWNER, OPERATOR AND OCCUPANT.

   (a)   The owner, operator, and occupants shall have all duties and responsibilities prescribed in this chapter, individually, and jointly and severally.

   (b)   The owner, operator, and occupants shall monitor the frequency and adequacy of maintenance to assure on-going compliance with the provisions of this chapter.

   (c)    If the owner of any non-residential improved real estate is not a resident of Butler County, Ohio, and is not responsive to notices, such owner shall be required to designate and file with the City Manager, and/or his or her designee, the name, address, and telephone number of an accessible agent for the purpose of receiving all notices of inspection, orders or otherwise from the City relative to such improved real estate.

   (d)   Service of notice upon such agent, as described in subsection (c) herein, shall be deemed to be notice upon the owner.

   (e)    Any such notice upon such agent, as described in subsection (c) herein, shall also be sent by United States certified mail or commercial carrier service to the last known address of the owner.

   (f)   Notice may also be posted in a conspicuous place on the property to which it relates.

   (g)    No person shall remove or deface such posted notice without the written permission of the City Manager, and/or his or her designee.

(Ord. 2022-4-26. Passed 4-13-22; Ord. 2023-9-82. Passed 9-27-23.)