(a) No owner or occupant of abutting lands shall fail to keep the sidewalks, curbs or gutters in repair and free from snow, ice or any nuisance. (ORC 723.011)
(b) No owner of any lot or land abutting upon any street shall refuse, fail or neglect to repair or keep in repair and free from nuisance and obstruction, the sidewalk in front of such lot or land after due notice thereof.
(c) If the owner or person having charge of such land fails to comply with the notice in subsection (a) hereof, Council or the City Manager shall cause the sidewalks to be repaired, all expenses and labor costs incurred shall, when approved by Council or the City Manager, be paid out of City funds not otherwise appropriated. Council shall make a written return to the County Auditor of its action, with a statement of the charges for its services, the amount paid for labor, the fees of the officers serving the notices and a proper description of the premises. The amounts, when allowed, shall be entered upon the tax duplicate and be a lien upon the lands from and after the date of the entry and collected as other taxes and returns to the City with the General Fund.
(d) Whoever violates this section or fails to comply with any notice thereof is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2020-17. Passed 7-6-20.)