(a) Should the Zoning Inspector, and either the Fire Chief or the Wood County Commissioner of Health, find that a public nuisance exists and that the nature thereof is such as to require its summary abatement, the City Administrator or a designee shall cause photographs to be made of such nuisance and shall file and keep in his or her office such photographs along with the reports of the Zoning Inspector, Fire Chief, and Commissioner of Health pertaining to the public nuisances. The City Administrator or a designee shall then determine from the records of the Wood County Auditor's Office any owner, mortgagee, lienholder, tenant, or person that possesses an interest of record in the property and immediately cause a written notice to be served on the owner or owners of the property.
(b) Notice of the existence of a nuisance shall be served personally or by certified mail on each owner with a return receipt requested. If service of such notice is unable to be perfected on any owner by the aforesaid methods, then the City Administrator or a designee shall cause a copy of the aforesaid notice to be left with the individual, if any, in possession of the premises on which the public nuisance exists, or if there is no individual in possession of the premises, a copy of the notice shall be posted on the premises. If the abatement required to correct the nuisance involves demolition of any structure, then a copy of such notice, in addition to the notice posted on the premises, shall also be served personally or by U.S. Mail, with delivery confirmation, to any mortgagee, lienholder, tenant, or person that possesses an interest of record in the property.
(c) The notice required by subsection (a) and (b) hereof shall state, in brief, the findings with respect to the existence of a public nuisance by the Zoning Inspector, the Fire Chief, and the Commissioner of Health. The notice shall further state that unless the nuisance is abated within 72 hours after service is made, the City, at the expense of the owner, shall thereafter and without further notice take such action as is necessary, including demolition, to abate the nuisance at the expense of the owner of the premises. The notice shall also inform the owner that they can request a hearing by making an in-person request within 72 hours as prescribed by Section 1327.05 herein.
(Ord. 2014-19. Passed 5-12-14.)