(a) In case the owner of record, or the purchaser under a land contract if that be the case, shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with the nuisance abatement notice, stating an expiration timeframe, and ordering the following;
(1) Removing, repairing, or securing insecure, unsafe, structurally defective, abandoned, deserted, or open and vacant buildings or other structure;
(2) Making emergency corrections of hazardous conditions;
including; repairing, rehabilitating or demolishing and removing such building or structure or portion thereof, such party, either the owner of record or the purchaser under a land contract, shall be subject to the penal provision of this chapter; and the Board, under financial authorization of Village Council, shall proceed to have the nuisance building or structure or portion thereof repaired, secured or demolished and removed from the premises, leaving the premises in a clean, safe, and sanitary condition. The total cost of such abatement activity shall be paid by the Village, and immediately reimbursed by the property owner of record at the time the abatement takes place. If the Village is not immediately reimbursed for such abatement costs, the amount thereof shall be certified to the County Treasurer and levied as a special assessment against the property on which the building or structure is located and shall be collected in the manner provided for in Ohio R.C. 715.261.
(b) If in the opinion of the Board property conditions are such they constitute a hazard and emergency corrective steps must be taking to correct the hazard, including the emergency demolition of the building, the Village may take such emergency corrective actions without notice to the owner, provided the Village attempt to provide actual notice to the owner in accordance with Section 1329.04, if possible. After such time as the costs of abating the hazardous conditions are incurred, the Village shall send an invoice to the property owner at his last known property address or email address. If the property owner fails to pay the invoice within thirty days of the date of the invoice, then the Village may collect the total cost in the manner provided for in Ohio R.C. 715.261.
(Ord. 20-01. Passed 1-27-20.)