1464.101   DECLARATION OF PUBLIC NUISANCE, ORDER AND AUTHORITY TO ABATE.
   (a)   If the Building Commissioner finds that a nuisance condition exists as defined in the City's Codified Ordinances, or otherwise by ordinance passed by Council, on any property, the Building Commissioner may issue a notice declaring the existence of such nuisance, and may order the abatement of the nuisance or proceed to abate the nuisance.
   (b)   In addition to the authority granted in subsection (a) hereof, if the Building Commissioner finds that a property or a structure, by reason of deterioration of materials, lack of repair or maintenance, is a hazard to the health, safety or welfare of its occupants or the public or is a blighting or deteriorating factor in the neighborhood, or impairs or adversely affects the value of neighboring property, the Building Commissioner may declare such property or structure to be a nuisance, issue a notice declaring the existence of such nuisance, and order the abatement of the nuisance or proceed to abate the nuisance.
   (c)   An occupied dwelling structure, which is determined by the Building Commissioner to be in violation of Section 1464.08, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
   (d)   The existence of roots of trees that obstruct sewers shall be considered a nuisance, and if such condition is found, the Building Commissioner may abate the nuisance immediately and without service of notice or estimate of the cost of the abatement.
(Ord. 17-07. Passed 2-21-17.)