(A) In an action seeking closure of a chronic nuisance property, the city shall have the initial burden of showing the preponderance of the evidence that the property is a chronic nuisance property.
(B) It is a defense of an owner in an action seeking the closure of chronic nuisance property that the owner of the property at the time in question could not, in the exercise of reasonable care or diligence, determine that the property had become a chronic nuisance property.
(Ord. 2019-4, passed 4-10-2019) Penalty, see § 95.99