(A) In accordance with the City's constitutional home rule authority, and Section 1 of the Lima City Charter, it is hereby determined and declared by Lima City Council that violations of Part Eighteen - Property Maintenance Code of the City of Lima, are detrimental to the health, morals, comfort, safety, convenience and welfare of the inhabitants of the City, and such violations are therefore declared to constitute a public nuisance.
(B) In accordance with the City's constitutional home rule authority, City Charter Section 1, City Code Chapters 1420, 1804, 1806, and/or 1816 of the Codified Ordinances of Lima, Ohio and Ohio Revised Code Section 715.261, in order to prohibit, abate, and suppress such public nuisances, any costs imposed under this Part Eighteen - Property Maintenance Code which remain unpaid after their payment due date shall become a lien on the real estate upon which the violation occurred, and may be levied and assessed to the Allen County Auditor upon such lots and lands in the amounts as certified as being delinquent by the Mayor.
(C) The Mayor is hereby authorized to certify, levy, and assess to the Allen County Auditor the amounts due hereunder as being delinquent, to be placed on the tax duplicate for such real estate and collected as other real estate taxes and assessments are collected, with interest and penalties allowed by law.
(Ord. 043-22. Passed 2-28-22)