(a) If, following a Warning under Section 567.04, sufficient additional nuisance activities or felony drug offenses occur so as to qualify a property as a Chronic Nuisance Property under Section 567.02(b), the Safety/Service Director, or his or her designee, shall notify the owner that the property has been deemed a Chronic Nuisance Property and direct the owner to abate the nuisance. If the owner has not done so within thirty (30) days, the City of Norwood may abate the nuisance by responding to the activity using administrative and law enforcement actions.
(b) The Notice that a property has been declared a Chronic Nuisance Property and ordering abatement shall be posted on the premises or at the site of the nuisance directing the responsible party to abate the nuisance. A copy of the notice shall be forwarded by certified mail to the address of the owner as listed in the County Auditor's office. Personal service may be used in lieu of mailing.
(c) Return of service shall be made by affidavit of the person serving, mailing or posting such notice, and when notice is given by mail, such affidavit shall identify the property by the street address and the County Auditor's parcel number and shall show the name and address of the person to whom the notice was mailed and the date of mailing.
(d) The notice to abate shall contain:
(1) The street address or a legal description, including the parcel number, sufficient to identify the property.
(2) A direction to abate the nuisance within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of the notice.
(3) A description of the nuisance.
(4) A statement that, unless the nuisance is abated, the City of Norwood may abate the nuisance and any subsequent nuisance, and that the cost of abatement shall be charged to the owner or assessed against the property, or both.
(5) A statement that in the event of future nuisance activities, the owner will be subject to Civil Penalties under Section 567.09.
(e) Within ten (10) days of the property being deemed a chronic nuisance, the owner or person in charge is required to submit to the Safety/Service Director a written plan of abatement and/or plan for preventing further nuisance activities.
(f) Upon the owner's failure to submit a plan of abatement and/or prevention within ten (10) days, the City of Norwood may abate the nuisance by responding to the activity using administrative and law enforcement actions. The cost of such abatement shall be billed to the owner. (Ord. 45-2022. Passed 10-11-22.)