(a) Where there has been a violation of Section 561.02, the Safety/Service Director, or his designee, may cause written notice to be served to any land owner, or where applicable, lessee, agent or tenant or occupant having charge of such lands. The notice shall set forth the cost to the City to abate the nuisance plus an administrative fee of three hundred dollars ($300). The owner shall have two (2) days to abate the nuisance or the City will abate the nuisance if the land owner, or where applicable, lessee, agent or occupant or tenant having charge of such land fails to do so after the two day deadline. A statement unless the condition is abates within the stated time it may be abated by the City and the cost assessed on the real estate involved; or the city may prosecute any land owner, or where applicable, lessee, agent or tenant having charge of such lands for failure to comply with the order of the Safety/Service Director or his designee.
(b) Such notice may be served by delivering it personally to the owner or leaving it at the owner's usual place of business or residence, or by posting it in a conspicuous place on the real estate involved, or by mailing it by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner, or by publishing it once in a newspaper of general circulation within the City if it cannot be served in any other ways above mentioned.
(c) This chapter does not apply to land being used under a City building or construction permit or license, or any other City permit or license, or a conditional zoning permit or variance to operate a junk yard, scrap metal processing facility, or similar businesses, or permit or license issued pursuant to Ohio R. C. Chapter 3734. Section 4737.05 to 4737.12, or Chapter 6111.
(Ord. 170-20. Passed 12-21-20.)