(a) Active permits granted to the owner(s) or tenant(s), including but not limited to those for construction or occupancy, may be suspended or revoked by the City Manager based on the determination that a property is a chronic nuisance property.
(b) Vacant properties or vacant units within a chronic nuisance property which has an unabated violation, unpaid fines or unpaid civil penalties shall not qualify for occupancy permits or zoning certificates until all violations are abated and all fines and penalties paid.
(c) The declaration of a nuisance property, the imposition of civil penalties, suspension or revocation of permits, an order to abate a nuisance, or the collection of the City's abatement costs under this chapter shall not affect or limit the City's right or authority to bring a criminal prosecution or other legal action against the property owner for these violations or any other City ordinances or for civil damages; or under the Ohio Revised Code, including but not limited to, those actions and remedies provided by Ohio R.C. 3767.06.
(d) The application of this chapter shall not limit the City's legal rights under other chapters, the Ohio Revised Code or the common law.
(Ord. 09-2017. Passed 6-1-17.)
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