(a) If sidewalks, curbs or gutters are not installed per Section 913.02 and the property continues to fail to comply after thirty days prior to written notice, the owner shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day for so long as the violation remains unremedied. The notice shall be given by the City Engineer and shall be served on the property owner by ordinary first class mail unless the owner does not occupy the premises, in which event 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. After thirty days noncompliance from the date of the letter, the Director of Administration may have the construction done at the expense of the owner. All the expense shall be assessed by the foot front on the respective properties bounding and abutting thereon. The assessment shall be collected in the same manner, with penalty of ten percent (10%), as in the case of improvement under the laws of the State.
(b) Any property owner who, after thirty days prior written notice, continues to fail to comply with Section 913.03 shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day for so long as the violation remains unremedied. The notice shall be given by the City Engineer and shall be served on the property owner by ordinary first class mail unless the owner does not occupy the premises in which event 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. The notice shall advise the recipient of his right of appeal under Section 913.21. Such fines may be collected by civil suit if not otherwise paid. The City Engineer, in the exercise of his reasonable discretion, may extend the time for compliance and abate the daily fine.
(c) The foregoing remedies shall not be deemed exclusive and shall be in addition to the procedures provided for in ORC Chapters 727 and 729 otherwise by law.
(Ord. 4357. Passed 2-8-11.)