If the owner of record or the purchaser under land contract fails, neglects or refuses to comply with a notice to repair, improve or demolish and remove such building, structure or portion thereof, the Building Inspector may proceed to have the building or structure or portion thereof, repaired, improved or demolished and removed from the premises, leaving the premises in a clean, safe and sanitary condition. The cost of such work shall be paid by the City. All expenses incurred for such repairing, improving or demolishing and removing from the premises, together with an administrative charge of two hundred dollars for each notice process, shall be reported to the Director of Finance, who shall mail a statement of the amount thereof to the owner of the land, if his address is known. If, after thirty days, such amount remains unpaid or in the instance where the address of the owner is unknown, the Director of Finance shall certify the total amount of the expenses, the name of the owner of the land and a sufficient description of the premises to the County Auditor, to be entered on the tax duplicate, to be a lien on the land from the date of entry and to be collected as other taxes and assessments and returned to the City, pursuant to Ohio R.C. 731.54.
(Ord. 11-13. Passed 4-4-11.)