(A) Any department of a local government which receives a complaint regarding an environmental public nuisance on any property within the county shall forward that complaint to the local government designee, who shall make a record of, and assign a case number to, the complaint. The local government designee shall inspect the property in question.
(B) If the local government designee determines action is appropriate and necessary to abate an environmental public nuisance, a notice of violation shall be issued to one or more of the covered persons, unless there is an imminent threat to public health or the environment. If there is an imminent threat to public health or the environment, then no notice is required.
(C) Notice of violation shall be issued either by personal service or by first class United States mail, postage prepaid. The notice of violation shall state the nature of the alleged environmental public nuisance and the action deemed necessary to correct the condition, and shall fix a date no sooner than ten days from the date of the notice of violation when the property will be re-inspected. The notice of violation shall inform the recipient that, if the condition is not corrected upon re-inspection, the local government has the right to:
(1) Enter on the property to abate the environmental public nuisance and bill the recipient for abatement costs and, if necessary, assert a lien against the subject property;
(2) File a court action against the recipient for ordinance violation; or
(3) File a court action against the recipient to enjoin the environmental public nuisance.
(D) A notice to the occupant at the real estate or to any covered person at the address to which property tax statements are sent, as these addresses are shown by the most current records in the township assessor's office of the township in which the real estate is located, shall be sufficient notice under this section.
(Ord. 1264A, passed 6-13-2005)