Whenever the Chief of Police receives two or more police reports of any law enforcement agency lawfully exercising jurisdiction on the village, which reports described the commission of any acts or conduct within the same one year period at, in or on the same property which would constitute any two or more of the offenses set forth in the definition of criminal public nuisance, the Chief of Police may take the following action:
(A) Notify by registered mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service, the owners and the occupants of the property that the property may be in danger of becoming a criminal public nuisance. The notice shall describe the acts or conduct which have occurred on the property that could serve as part of the basis for determining that the property constitutes a criminal public nuisance, and request that the owners and occupants contact the Chief of Police within 14 days of the date of the letter to discuss potential courses of action which will prevent and deter the property from becoming a criminal public nuisance.
(B) After complying with the notification procedure described in division (A), if the Chief of Police receives an additional police report relating the commission of any act or conduct described in § 134.01 within one year of the acts or conduct with respect to which a notification was issued, in the event that the Chief of Police determines that such acts or conduct constitute one or more of the said offenses, then the Chief of Police shall, by registered mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service, and, in addition to either of the foregoing, by posting on the property itself, provide the owners and occupants of the property in question with a second notice, which notice shall inform the owners and occupants that the property in question has become and is in fact a criminal public nuisance, describe all of the acts and conduct forming the basis for the determination that the property in question is a criminal public nuisance, and request that the owners and occupants of the property contact the Chief of Police within 14 days of the date of the notice to determine and implement a course of action which will result in the abatement of the property as a criminal public nuisance.
(C) Proof that the notices required hereunder were sent or given in the manner required shall be deemed proof that the owners or occupants of the property of which the notices related received such notices.
(Ord. 2001-014, passed 6-20-01)