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1460.06 VACATION AND DEMOLITION OR REPAIR BY VILLAGE.
   (a)   If the owner of the premises affected fails to comply with the order of the Public Nuisance/Unsafe Building Inspectors and does not appeal such order to the Board of Appeals within thirty days of its issuance, the Mayor may, at his or her sole discretion, through any employee(s), agent(s) or private contractor(s), enter the premises and abate the public nuisance by repair, rehabilitation or demolition or take any other action deemed necessary by the Mayor to ensure public health, welfare and safety or the Mayor may, at his or her sole discretion, instruct the Village Solicitor or other Village legal counsel to bring such actions for judicial order as may be appropriate. The costs of the abatement shall be paid by the Village and recovered from the owner as follows:
      (1)   The owner shall be billed directly by certified mail for the cost of the abatement. The bill for such cost shall be paid within sixty days after receipt of the bill.
      (2)   If the cost is not so recovered, then the Village shall cause the cost to be levied against the owner as an assessment and recovered in accordance with Ohio R.C. 715.261, as amended from time to time.
   (b)   In cases where at least two of the Public Nusance/Unsafe Building Inspectors deem that there is immediate danger to the life or safety of any person unless a public nuisance premises is immediately vacated and abated by repair, rehabilitation or demolition, those two Public Nuisance/Unsafe Building Inspectors shall notify the Mayor in writing and the Mayor may cause the immediate vacation of the premises and abatement of the public nuisance after serving written notice of the emergency and necessary abatement on the owner if possible. The costs of emergency repair or demolition shall be charged or recovered in the same manner as provided in subsection (a) hereof. The costs of the abatement shall be paid by the Village and recovered from the owner as follows:
      (1)   The owner shall be billed directly by certified mail for the cost of the abatement. The bill for such cost shall be paid within sixty days after receipt of the bill.
      (2)   If the cost is not so recovered, then the Village shall cause the cost to be levied against the owner as an assessment and recovered in accordance with Ohio R.C. 716.261, as amended from time to time.
         (Ord. 46-2006. Passed 11-8-06.)
1460.07 REHABILITATION OR RESTORATION.
   Wherever at least two of the Public Nuisance/Unsafe Building Inspectors determine that a public nuisance has been so repaired, reconstructed, and rehabilitated that it is in such condition as to be fit for human habilitation or occupancy, then they shall notify the owner or operator of that determination. A Public Nuisance/Unsafe Building Inspector shall then cause the placard set forth in Section 1460.05 above to be removed.
(Ord. 46-2006. Passed 11-8-06.)
1460.08 ACTION UPON NOTICE; SPECIAL BUILDING PERMITS.
   (a)   Upon being served the notice provided for in Section 1460.02, an owner intending to abate the public nuisance shall make immediate application in writing or in person to the Codes Enforcement Officer for a special building or demolition permit to undertake the abatement of items found to constitute a public nuisance.
   (b)   Adequate plans and specifications as required by the Codes Enforcement Officer, covering such abatement, shall be furnished by the owner to the Codes Enforcement Officer within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the notice unless an extension is granted by the Village Council upon request by the owner.
   (c)   The Codes Enforcement Officer shall, upon approval of such plans and specifications, cause a special building or demolition permit to be issued to the owner. Such permits shall be for a period of thirty days. Within such thirty days, the owner shall effect and complete the repairs and/or demolition unless an extension is granted by the Village Council upon request by the owner. (Ord. 46-2006. Passed 11-8-06.)
1460.99 PENALTY.
   (a)   Whosoever fails to comply with an order of any Public Nuisance/Unsafe Building Inspector(s) to abate a public nuisance by repair, rehabilitation or demolition shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). Each day of continued failure to comply with the order shall constitute a separate violation. This shall not apply to executors, administrators, or guardians of the property where such persons can produce evidence that estate assets are insufficient to comply with the order.
   (b)   A violation of Section 1460.05 shall constitute a misdemeanor of the third degree. (Ord. 46-2006. Passed 11-8-06.)
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