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In case the notification provided in Section 1458.02(b) is not complied with, in addition to the penalty provided in Section 1458.99, the Service Supervisor shall proceed to have the building or structure or portion thereof demolished and removed from the premises, leaving the premises in a clean, safe and sanitary condition, and the cost of such work shall be paid by the City. If the City is not immediately reimbursed for such costs, the amount thereof shall be certified to the County Auditor in accordance with Ohio R. C. 715.261 and levied as a special assessment against such property on which the building or structure is located and shall be collected in the manner provided for special assessments.
(a) Any owner, manager, lessee or occupant of a building, who discovers or has reason to believe that there exists on the premises a condition which may endanger other property or the life or limb of any person, and such condition cannot be immediately remedied so as to remove any danger therefrom, shall, within twenty-four hours after such discovery, report the existence of such dangerous condition to the Service Supervisor, who shall forthwith take such steps as may be necessary to protect the public safety and welfare. If the Supervisor cannot be located, such report shall be made to the Administrative Assistant or the Mayor, or such other official as may be designated by Council in accordance with the City Charter.
(b) No person, who is an owner, manager, lessee or occupant of a building on which premises a dangerous condition exists and who knows or should know of such dangerous condition, shall fail to make such report to either the Supervisor or other official enumerated in subsection (a) hereof within twenty-four hours after such knowledge is obtained or should have been obtained.
(a) Any person affected by any notice which has been issued in connection with the enforcement of any provision of this chapter may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the Board of Zoning Appeals; provided that such person shall file in the office of the Service Director a written petition requesting such hearing and setting forth a brief statement of the grounds therefor within fourteen days after the day the notice was served.
(b) Upon receipt of such petition the Service Director shall set a time and place for such hearing and shall give the petitioner written notice thereof. At such hearing the petitioner shall be given an opportunity to be heard and to show why such notice should be modified or withdrawn. The hearing shall be commenced not later than twenty days after the day on which the petition was filed; provided that upon application of the petitioner, the Service Director may postpone the date of the hearing for a reasonable time beyond such twenty day period, if in his judgment the petitioner has submitted a good and sufficient reason for such postponement. After such hearing the Board shall sustain, modify or withdraw the notice, depending upon their finding as to whether the provisions of this chapter have been complied with. If the Board sustains or modifies such notice, it shall be deemed to be an order. Any notice served pursuant to Section 1458.02 shall automatically become an order if a written petition for a hearing is not filed in the office of the Service Director within fourteen days after such notice is served. The proceedings at such hearing, including the findings and decision of the Board shall be summarized, reduced to writing, and entered as a matter of public record in the office of the Service Director. Such record shall also include a copy of every notice or order issued in connection with the matter. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Board may seek relief therefrom in any court of competent jurisdiction, as provided by the laws of this State.
(Ord. 2013-O-07. Passed 2-26-13.)
Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues.