(a) Any owner who does not reside within Lake County or within ten miles of Painesville City limits shall be required to designate such an agent for the purpose of receiving any and all notices of any violations of laws with relation to the construction, maintenance and/or operation of the real estate or business located thereon.
(b) The owner shall designate a natural person of sound mind over the age of eighteen years as agent as above required and provide the agent's full name, address and telephone number, in writing, to the Building Official of the City. It shall be the further obligation of the owner to notify the Building Official in writing of any change in the name, address or telephone number of the agent designated.
(c) The Building Official is authorized and directed to secure compliance with the within requirements at any time a nonresident applicant seeks a permit for any purpose for property use in the City and to seek out nonresident owners of real estate for compliance with the requirements herein.
(d) Failure of a nonresident owner to comply with the designation of resident agent requirements herein within thirty days of receipt of notice from the Building Official to comply shall constitute a violation of the requirements of this section and shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable under Section 1349.99.
(Ord. 7-89. Passed 4-17-89; Ord. 8-11. Passed 2-7-11.)