(a) No person shall place or cause to be placed upon private property which is the subject of an eviction or within the public right-of-way personal property from the premises on said property after the enforcement of the Writ of Execution in a forcible entry and detainer action by the Middletown Municipal Court or any other court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) No person, being either (a) the owner, (b) the person charged with the maintenance or management of rental property, (c) the former tenant of rental property, or (d) the owner of personal property, garbage or rubbish which has been placed on public or private property as the result of the enforcement of the Writ of Execution in a forcible entry and detainer action issued by the Middletown Municipal Court or any other court of competent jurisdiction shall fail to remove said property, garbage or rubbish. Personal property, garbage or rubbish that has not been removed shall be deemed as rubbish, garbage or litter and shall be removed in accordance with § 660.045 of the Middletown Codified Ordinances.
(c) Any personal property which has been removed from rental property and remains on any private or public property, or any such personal property which remains upon or within the rental property after the enforcement of a Writ of Execution issued by the Middletown Municipal Court or any other court of competent jurisdiction shall be deemed to have been abandoned by the owner of the personal property. At such time, the owner may change the locks on the rental property, except as otherwise prohibited from doing so.
(d) ENFORCEMENT OF THE WRIT OF EXECUTION means the process of execution as described in Ohio R.C. 1923.14(A).
(Ord. O2013-71, passed 12-17-2013)