Whenever Premises, or grounds appurtenant thereto, or any part thereof is determined by the Building Enforcement Official to be in violation of any provision of this Chapter, the Building Enforcement Official shall give or cause to be given by delivering personally or mailed, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner, the occupant and any lien holder and any other person having an interest of record in the Premises, (except those persons holding easement rights in the land only) as determined by a search of the public records in a form and manner approved by the Village Solicitor, a written notice stating with particularity, the violation therein. The notice shall include, but need not be limited to a description of the Premises deemed to be in violation of this chapter, a statement of particulars which makes the Premises in violation, and an order setting for the particulars requiring within a stated reasonable time, not less than thirty (30) days, to repair, improve or demolish the Premises. Such delivery or mailing shall be deemed legal service of notice. If the person to whom a notice of violation is addressed cannot be found after a reasonable and diligent search, then notice shall be sent by registered mail to the last known tax mailing address of the owner of the Premises, and a copy of such notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the Premises to which it relates. If the person cannot be so found and there is no last known tax mailing address, or such registered mail is returned undelivered, a copy of the notice shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation within Lorain County, and a copy of such notice shall be posted as aforesaid. No person shall remove or deface such copy of the notice so posted without written permission of the Building Enforcement Official. Such mailing and posting shall be deemed legal service of notice.
(Ord. 2010-2201. Passed 9-23-10.)