(a) No owner or other person shall occupy or let or permit to be occupied or let by another for occupancy any structure that has been declared by the Code Official to be a public nuisance without first applying for and obtaining the written consent of the Code Official.
(b) No owner or other person shall enter or be present in or on any building or premises that has been posted with a notice identifying the said building or premises to be a public nuisance, without first obtaining authorization in writing from the Code Official and having such written authorization on his/her person at the time. The officers, agents and employees of the city, state or federal government, or any political subdivision, or of any public utility, shall be exempt from the requirements of this section while in the course of their employment.
(c) Written authorization, as provided in division (a) and (b) of this section, shall be issued by the Code Official to any person who provides documentation which, on its face, indicates that such person is either an owner of the premises or is authorized by the owner to be present, or to any person who makes application and pays for any permit to do work on the premises.
(d) It shall be unlawful for the owner of any premises, who has received a written notice declaring such premises to be a public nuisance to sell, transfer, lease, or otherwise dispose of such premises to another until the premises have been rehabilitated or demolished, and until any injunctions obtained against use or occupancy have been dissolved, or until the owner has first furnished the grantee, transferee, or lessee a true copy of the said notice, and has furnished to the Code Official a signed and notarized statement from the grantee, transferee, or lessee, acknowledging the receipt of such notice and accepting the responsibility for abating the nuisance by rehabilitation, demolition, or otherwise in conformity with the terms of such notice, or extension thereof granted by the Code Official.
(e) No person shall fail or refuse to comply with a final order to abate a public nuisance, as provided herein.
(f) A violation of division (a), (b), or (d) of this section shall be a misdemeanor of the third degree. A violation of division (b) or (d) of this section shall be construed to be a strict liability offense. A violation of division (a) of this section shall be construed to be a strict liability offense as to all owners or persons responsible for the nuisance. Negligence, as defined in R.C. § 130.08, shall be the standard of culpability as to all other persons who violate division (a) of this section.
(Ord. 19-27. Passed 12-2-19.)