CHAPTER 1351
Abandoned Wells
1351.01    Filling and covering.
1351.02    Notice of violation.
1351.03    Filling and covering by Municipality; costs a lien against property.
1351.99    Penalty.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
         Oil and gas wells - see Ohio R. C. Ch. 1509
         Abandoned excavations - see GEN. OFF. 521.03
   1351.01 FILLING AND COVERING.
   No person, firm or corporation owning or occupying any real property in the Municipality shall permit to exist or remain on such property any abandoned or unused water or gas wells of seven inches or more inside diameter, without filling the same with gravel, rocks, stones or other equally suitable filling material and placing and keeping a cover made of substantial wood or metal over such unused or abandoned water or gas well and strong enough to prevent any person or animal from falling into the same.
(Ord. 912. Passed 9-20-65.)
   1351.02 NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
   The Building Commissioner shall cause notice in writing to be given to any person, firm or corporation in violation of Section 1351.01 hereof, requiring such person, firm or corporation to file and cover the unused or abandoned water or gas well in the manner set forth in Section 1351.01 hereof within five days from the date of service of the notice. The notice may be served on the person, firm or corporation to whom it is directed by handing it personally to the person or to a member of the firm or to an officer of the corporation, or by sending it by ordinary mail and addressed to the place of residence or place of business of the person, firm or corporation to whom it is directed, or it may be served in the same manner as is provided by law for the service of summons in civil actions. If such service cannot be obtained, it shall be sufficient to attach a copy of the notice to or to post it on a conspicuous place on the premises or at the site of such abandoned or unused water well.
(Ord. 912. Passed 9-20-65.)
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