(A) Section 174.001 is hereby declared to be a nuisance law and whoever violates any of the provisions of that section shall be ordered to abate said nuisance within ten days from a finding that said nuisance exists, and a fine of $75 per day shall be imposed thereafter if such violation should continue. The Court may impose said fine on its own motion after said ten day period until evidence of abatement is received.
(2) If within one year of the offense, the offender has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to, one or more violations of a section under that subchapter, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(4) Nothing in this penalty section shall prevent the village from pursuing other actions or charges under the Ohio Revised Code.
(C) Whoever violates § 174.037 is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense, $50 fine, and is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for a second subsequent offense. Each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense.
(E) Fee schedule for assessments to property owner tax duplicate for nuisance violations:
Clean-Up of Trash | $150 for the first offense |
$300 for the second offense | |
$600 for the third offense | |
$1200 for the fourth offense | |
High Grass Mowing | $150 for the first offense |
$300 for the second offense | |
$600 for the third offense | |
$1200 for the fourth offense | |
(Ord. 0-l985-l7, passed 8-26-85; Ord. 0-1995-19, passed 8-14-1995; Ord. 0-2017-15, passed 8-14-2017; Ord. O-2019-29, passed - -2019)