(a) Any public nuisance not abated within the time specified in the notice/order provided by the Zoning Inspector, or his or her designated representative, or within any additional time provided by the Board of Zoning Appeals, may be abated by the City pursuant to the order issued by the Zoning Inspector, or his or her designated representative.
(b) The Zoning Inspector or his or her designated representative, is authorized to enter onto, upon and into any property within the City to abate a public nuisance.
(c) Lien holders, as documented in the Wood County Auditor's or Recorder's office, shall be notified in writing of the public nuisance status of the subject property prior to abatement of the nuisance by the City.
(d) The owner of the property where a public nuisance is found shall be assessed and must pay any and all costs incurred by the City in abating the public nuisance. If the owner of the property fails or refuses to pay the abatement costs, the costs may be assessed as a lien against the property and/or recouped via any other feasible method by the City.
(e) The Zoning Inspector or his or her designated representative, is authorized to salvage any items, materials or property seized or derived from abatement of a nuisance and sell such at private or public sale at the best price obtainable and apply the proceeds to any costs incurred from abating the nuisance at the subject property.
(f) It shall not be a defense to the determination that a public nuisance, as defined in Section 1284.01(a), exists, that the building, premises or location is boarded up or otherwise enclosed.
(g) Any person in the position of an owner, at the time an order pursuant to this chapter is issued and served upon him or her, shall be responsible for complying with that order and liable for any costs incurred by the City therewith, notwithstanding the fact that he or she conveys his or her interests in the property to another after such order was issued and served.
(Ord. 2004-14. Passed 9-9-04.)