794.03 NUISANCE PROHIBITED.

   (a)   No owner of a hotel/motel shall maintain a “Nuisance Location”.

   (b)   The conviction of any person/persons of any sex offense set forth in Chapter 553 and/or any drug offense as set forth in Chapter 513 is prima facie evidence that the owner of a hotel/motel is maintaining a “Nuisance Location”.

   (c)   A service fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) shall be assessed to owner of any hotel/motel upon the conviction of any person/persons for any sex or drug offense beginning with the fourth separate occurrence within any twelve month period. Upon each subsequent conviction within the same twelve months period, the service fee shall be increased to two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per occurrence. At the end of the twelve month period, the service fee schedule shall start over beginning again upon the fourth occurrence.

   (d)   In the event the service fee assessed in this section is not paid by the hotel/motel owner within thirty days of the mailing/delivery of an invoice by the Chief of Police or his/her designee, that amount is deemed delinquent and shall be forwarded by the Director of Finance to Summit County for placement on the tax duplicate of the subject property and/or placed into collection.

(Ord. 6-2013. Passed 2-19-13.)