(A) If sidewalks are not constructed within 90 days from the date of service of the notice or completion of the publication, as provided in § 150.02, the Street Commissioner may have the construction done at the expense of the owner.
(B) All the expense, including all costs of publication, shall be assessed by the foot front on the respective properties bounding and abutting thereon.
(C) The assessments shall be collected in the same manner, with penalty of 10% and interest for failure to pay at the time fixed by the assessing ordinance, as in the case of improvement under the laws of the state.
(D) Any property owner who, after 90 days’ prior notice, continues to fail to comply with § 150.03, shall be fined $25 per month for so long as the violation remains unremedied.
(E) The notice shall be given by the Street Commissioner and shall be served on the property owner by ordinary first class mail unless the owner does not occupy the premises.
(F) The notice shall be sent ordinary first class mail to his or her last known address, and also shall be sent to the occupant of the property, if there is one.
(G) Such fines may be collected by civil suit if not otherwise paid.
(H) The Street Commissioner, in the exercise of his or her reasonable discretion, may extend the time for compliance and abate the daily fine.
(I) The foregoing remedies shall not be deemed exclusive, and shall be in addition to the procedures provided for in R.C. Chapters 727 and 729, or otherwise by law.
(Ord. 551, passed 9-7-2004)