Should a public nuisance not be abated at the expiration of time stated in the notice or by such additional time as the Commissioner of Building and Zoning Inspection or the hearing officers may grant them, the Commissioner shall have the right to enter upon the premises and abate the nuisance. In abating such nuisance he may go to whatever extent may be necessary to complete the abatement and should it be practicable to sell or salvage any material derived in the abatement, he may sell the same at private or public sale at the best price obtainable and shall keep an account of the proceeds thereof. Such proceeds, if any, shall be deposited in the General Fund of the City and any difference between the amount so received and the cost of the abatement shall be levied as an assessment against the property by Council, certified to the Auditor of Lucas County and collected as any other assessment by the City. Should the proceeds of the sale of such salvaged material exceed the cost of such abatement, the overplus shall be paid to the owner of the premises from which such nuisance was abated when his proper claim therefor is established. In abating such nuisance the Commissioner may call upon the Departments of Public Safety and Service for whatever assistance may be necessary, or the Commissioner may obtain the abatement by private contract, provided that Council authorizes the expenditure of funds for such abatement.
(Ord. 85-1970. Passed 6-1-70.)