In the event of the failure of any owner of a nonresidential dwelling, building or portion thereof to comply with the terms and requirements of any notice, decision or order of the Building Enforcement Board within twenty days after the service or entry thereof, except where a proper demand has been made for a hearing and the matters arising thereon remain undetermined or application to the Washington County Common Pleas Court has been made for a temporary injunction and the hearing thereon has not been had and the decision not rendered, the Board may cause all necessary repairs, alterations or improvements to be made, or if the public welfare requires, may cause the nonresidential dwelling, building or portion thereof to be closed, removed or demolished, or any combination thereof. The Board shall keep an accurate account of all costs of such repairs, alterations or improvements, or such vacating and closing or removal or demolition, or any combination thereof, and shall assess all costs against the real property upon which such nonresidential dwelling, building or portion thereof is situated, and all costs, after the sale of any and all salvaged material is credited to the account, shall be a lien against the real property upon which such costs were incurred. Notice of the lien shall be by a certified statement thereof, showing the nature of the work, the date and amount thereof, the property affected and the name of the owner thereof and shall be certified to the Washington County Auditor by the Clerk of Council for entry upon the tax duplicate and shall be a lien upon such lands from the date of entry thereof and shall be collected as other taxes and returned to the City under the provisions of Ohio R.C. 715.261.
(Ord. 149(76-77). Passed 8-18-77.)