(a) Whenever a building in the City is torn down or removed, all rubbish or debris, including any goods, merchandise, commodities, products or materials of any kind which may have been stored within such building, which would prove a nuisance or a fire hazard if allowed to remain on the premises, must be cleaned away.
(b) In addition, where at the time of demolition of the building, there is no approved plan or permit to replace the building with another building or other site improvements, any improved parking surface associated with the building shall be removed, and the ground shall be graded and seeded with grass in accordance with the requirements of the City Engineer. Thereafter, the site shall be maintained in such condition in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1363 (Real Property Maintenance Code) of the Codified Ordinances, until such a plan is approved or a building permit issued by the City. Where demolition of a building is performed as part of such an approved plan or in conjunction with the issuance of such a building permit, then the existing parking surface need not be removed or the property regraded and seeded separate and apart from any specific requirements of the approved plan or permit, so long as construction pursuant to the approved plan or permit is commenced within sixty days following demolition, and further so long as the site is properly fenced during the interim.
(c) The provisions of paragraph (b) above shall apply retroactively to all properties within the City of North Olmsted where buildings have been demolished, and not replaced thereafter by other buildings or other site improvements pursuant to an approved plan or permit.
(Ord. 2008-135. Passed 11-18-08.)