If the owner, lessee, agent, or tenant having charge of the lands fails to comply with the notice required by such section, the village shall cause noxious weeds, or high grass to be cut and destroyed and may employ the necessary labor to perform the task. All expenses incurred shall, when approved by the village be paid out of the money in the treasury of the village not otherwise appropriated.
(A) In addition to the expenses provided above, each violator of this chapter shall be assessed an administrative charge of $100 for each occurrence wherein the village was required to serve notice of a violation of this chapter.
(B) In addition to the remedies previously set forth in this section, whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(C) Expenses as a lien. All expenses so incurred by the Clerk-Treasurer or Zoning Inspector and the cost of such notice shall be reduced to writing in the form of a statement and mailed to the owner of the private property involved if his or her address is known. If, after 30 days of such mailing, such amount remains unpaid, the Clerk-Treasurer shall certify the total amount of the expense, the name of the owner of the private property, and a sufficient description of the premises to the Auditor of Summit County or Portage County, depending on the location of the subject property, to be entered upon the tax duplicate, to be a lien on the land from the date of entry, to be collected as other taxes and assessments and returned to the village, pursuant to R.C. § 731.54. The remedy provided for herein shall be in addition to the penalties hereafter provided in §93.99(B).
(Ord. 23, passed 4-28-99; Am. Ord. 2012-51, passed 8-1-12; Am. Ord. 2014-46, passed 9-3-14; Am. Ord. 2018-80, passed 11-20-18)
Statutory reference:
Procedure when owner fails to comply with notice, see R.C. § 731.53