521.10 INSPECTION; ABATEMENT AND NOTICE.

   (a)   For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the Director of Public Service and Safety or any person designated by him, is authorized and empowered at any reasonable time to enter upon and inspect any premises or property when he has reasonable cause to believe that a public nuisance exists as defined in Section 521.06.

   (b)   In addition to the penalties provided for the violation of Section 521.06, the Director of Public Service and Safety may cause written notice of the violation of such section to be served personally upon the owner, occupant or person having charge of the property involved, or by sending it to such person by certified mail or by posting a copy thereof at a conspicuous place on the premises or property involved. Such notice shall state the nature of the public nuisance and the time, not less than fifteen days, within which it shall be abated. No person so notified shall fail or refuse to comply with such notice. If the public nuisance is not abated within the required time, the Director of Public Service and Safety may then cause it to be abated and the cost thereof shall be reported to the City Auditor, who shall certify it to the County Auditor to be placed upon the tax duplicate and collected as taxes are collected.

(Ord. 66-23. Passed 6-7-66.)

   (c)   Commencing on the date stated in the notice as the date within which time a nuisance shall be abated as set forth in this section, each day's continued violation shall constitute a separate offense until such nuisance has been abated.

(Ord. 73-87. Passed 12-18-73.)

   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.