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(a) When a reasonable basis to believe that a public nuisance exists, the Community Development Director shall inspect or cause the inspection of the premises on which such public nuisance is believed to exist. The Fire Chief and the Health Commissioner may and, upon request of the Community Development Director, shall inspect or cause the inspection of premises on which a public nuisance is believed to exist.
(Ord. 94-368. Passed 10-11-94.)
(b) No owner or occupant of a premises shall permit the existence of a public nuisance to continue on such premises.
(a) If, upon inspection, it is determined that a public nuisance exists, then the Community Development Director or Chief of Police shall send or deliver a written notice to abate such public nuisance to each owner or occupant, or both, who caused or permitted the public nuisance to exist. Such notice shall identify the public nuisance and require the owner or occupant, or both, to abate the public nuisance within seven (7) days of such notice if the public nuisance is litter [as the term "litter" is defined in Section 1323.01(c)] and in all other cases within thirty (30) days of such notice either by the removal of the public nuisance or the repair of the public nuisance in accordance with Section 1323.06. Failure to abate the public nuisance within seven (7) or thirty (30) days of such notice, as provided herein, may cause the City to abate the public nuisance at the expense of the owner or occupant, or both, who caused or permitted such public nuisance to exist.
(b) The Community Development Director shall prepare or cause the preparation of a written report, including photographs, of every public nuisance for which a notice to abate is issued. All such reports shall remain on file with the Development Director until the public nuisance is abated.
(Ord. 94-368. Passed 10-11-94.)
The Community Development Director or Chief of Police shall place a notice in or on any structure which qualifies as a "public nuisance" informing the public that a public nuisance exists and has so been determined by the Community Development Director or Chief of Police. The notice is to remain in or on the structure which qualifies as a public nuisance until it is repaired, or removed in accordance with the notice given to the owner, occupant, lessee, mortgagee or agent of the structure which qualifies as a public nuisance, or other persons having an interest in such public nuisance as shown on the land records of the Recorder of Clark County, Ohio. No person shall remove such notice until the Community Director or Chief of Police determines that the public nuisance has been removed or repaired.
(Ord. 98-319. Passed 9-22-98.)
(a) In the event the Chief Building Official or the Code Enforcement Manager determines that the public health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the City will be threatened by the continuance of the condition of the public nuisance, other than a public nuisance described in subsection (b) hereof, and determines that the designated public nuisance must be removed immediately to prevent injury to the life and/or property of the residents of the City, the Chief Building Official or the Code Enforcement Manager shall report such facts to the City Manager, and the City Manager shall cause the immediate repair, vacation or demolition, or whatever action is necessary to abate such public nuisance at the expense of the property owner for all accrued cost. When an emergency public nuisance has been determined by the aforesaid officers, the abatement shall be carried out without regard for the requirements of Sections 1323.02, 1323.03, 1323.04, and 1323.07 through 1323.11, except that the City Manager shall, to the extent reasonably permitted, by the exigency of the circumstances, give the owners of the subject premises, written or personal notice of his intended action and an opportunity for hearing thereon.
(b) A public nuisance requiring emergency abatement exists when the Chief Building Official or the Code Enforcement Manager finds a vacant structure which has been open to entry at doors, windows, or other points accessible to the general public for more than forty-eight (48) hours. The Chief Building Official or the Code Enforcement Manager shall report such facts to the City Manager, and the City Manager shall cause such public nuisance to be immediately abated pursuant to this subsection at the expense of the property owner for all accrued costs. The Manager of Inspection Services shall be authorized at any time to enter on the premises and the owner shall permit him to enter the structure in order to investigate and abate the severity of the public nuisance. In securing such structure, the Chief Building Official or the Code Enforcement Manager may call on any department, division, or bureau of the City for whatever assistance may be necessary, or may, by private contract, board and secure such structure. Upon making a determination that a structure is open to entry at doors, windows, or other points accessible to the general public, the Chief Building Official or the Code Enforcement Manager shall cause notice of such condition and of the City's intent to board and secure the structure to be posted on the structure at least forty eight (48) hours prior to boarding and securing the structure. When an emergency public nuisance has been determined by the aforesaid officers, the abatement shall be carried out without regard for the requirements of Sections 1323.02, 1323.03, 1323.04, and 1323.07 through 1323.11, except that the City Manager shall, to the extent reasonably permitted, by the exigency of the circumstances, give the owners of the subject premises, written or personal notice of his intended action and an opportunity for hearing thereon.
(Ord. 04-147. Passed 5-4-04.)
(c) Municipal water service shall be shut off at all structures boarded and secured per (b) above, to prevent damage to meters, wastage, and potential damage to private property. Except as otherwise provided in this section, municipal water service will remain shut off until the Code Enforcement Manager confirms to the Service Department and to the Utility Billing Division of the Finance Department that the structure meets the minimum standards of the Property Maintenance Code, such confirmation not to be unreasonably withheld. No person may reside in any such structure while municipal water services are shut off. Except as otherwise provided in this section, City-owned boarding may only be removed from a structure when the structure meets the minimum standards of the Property Maintenance Code. Municipal water service may be restored to a structure if the owner of the structure has paid in full all past due City utility charges pertaining to the property on which the structure is located and has entered into an Expedited Repair Agreement with the City wherein the owner agrees to bring the structure into compliance with the Property Maintenance Code on or before a date certain. Each Expedited Repair Agreement entered into with the City shall contain a description of repairs to be made to the subject structure, a covenant that all repairs will be made in a workmanlike manner and a liquidated damages provision establishing damages of $500 for the structure owner's failure to complete repairs described in the Expedited Repair Agreement by the date certain established therein. The City Manager may require structure owners to deposit with the City sufficient security to ensure the payment of liquidated damages under an Expedited Repair Agreement.
(Ord. 00-456. Passed 12-19-00.)
(d) The owner of a structure which has been boarded and secured per (b) above shall immediately arrange for electric service to be shut off at such structure to prevent potential fire threats to the structure and adjacent property. No person shall instruct an electric utility company to restore electric service to a structure which has been boarded per (b) above, without first acquiring an electric reconnect permit from the Department of Community Development and providing that structure is equipped with, at minimum, a three-wire, 120/240 volt, single phase electrical service having a rating of not less than 100 amperes.
(Ord.02-273. Passed 7-9-02.)
Upon being served notice, the owner or owners may make application in writing or in person to the Community Development Director for a special building permit to undertake the repairs or replacement of items found to constitute a public nuisance. Plans and specifications as required by the Community Development Director covering the repairs or replacements shall be furnished by such owner or owners to the Community Development Director within fifteen days after receipt of notice or such additional time as the Community Development Director may deem necessary to complete plans and specifications, not to exceed ninety (90) days. The Community Development Director shall, upon approval of such plans and specifications, issue a special building permit to the owner or owners, such permit to be for a period of thirty (30) days. Within such thirty (30) days the owner or owners will effect and complete such repairs and/or replacements, or the Community Development Director may grant a renewal of the special building permit if the owner or owners show reason or cause for the requested extension and which extension will more readily effect such repairs and/or replacements.
(Ord. 94-368. Passed 10-11-94.)
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any owner of a building, wall, structure or premises shall have the right to appeal from any determination of the Community Development Director and to appear before the Board of Building Appeals of the City at a time and place to be determined by the Board of Building Appeals.
(b) Such notice of appeal shall be filed with the Secretary of the Board of Building Appeals in writing within ten (10) days after receipt of any notice given under the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 94-368. Passed 10-11-94.)
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