(A) It shall be the duty of the Health Officer to enforce this subchapter upon the receipt of a written complaint filed with said Officer. The Health Officer is authorized to perform inspections of the alleged violations complained of and in the furtherance of fulfilling his or her duty to enforce this subchapter.
(B) If, upon inspection, the Health Officer determines that this subchapter is being violated by a person who owns, occupies and/or leases the subject real property which is governed by this subchapter, it shall be the duty of the Health Officer to cause an initial written notice of violation(s) to be issued and served upon the land owner(s) of record and any known occupant(s) and/or lessee(s) who are in possession or control of the subject real property. Such notice shall state the violator(s) alleged under this subchapter, order the abatement of such violation(s), indicate a method of abatement which will adequately abate the offending violation(s), and state a reasonable period of time within which the violation(s) must be abated. A notice of violation may be hand delivered by the Health Officer or a Sheriffs Deputy or delivered in any other manner reasonably calculated to result in actual notice to the violator, including certified mail and publication. If notice by publication is required, the notice shall be published once each week for two successive weeks in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the county and in any other county where the real property tax statements are being sent by the Treasurer of Putnam County.
(C) Abatement of any violation must be accomplished in an environmentally safe and lawful manner which has been pre-approved in writing by the Health Officer.
(D) If the violation is not satisfactorily abated within the reasonable period of time specified in the first notice, the Health Officer shall cause a second notice to be issued and served. If the subchapter violation(s) is not substantially abated, on or before the deadline stated in the second notice, the matter may be referred to the Health Officer's attorney for the appropriate court intervention.
(E) If the Health Officer identifies an emergency condition presented by the violation and such condition presents an imminent health and safety hazard to the citizens of the county, the Health Officer shall issue a notice reciting the existence of the emergency and requiring immediate abatement by the responsible person.
(Ord. 2002-6-3, passed 6-3-2002) Penalty, see § 50.99