(A) No owner shall board up a structure without registering the structure with the Department no later than 48 hours after boarding it up.
(B) An application for registration must be made by the owner of the boarded up structure on a form prescribed by the Department, and submitted to the Department. The completed registration form shall contain at a minimum the following information:
(1) The full true name and mailing address of the owner;
(2) The full true address and tax parcel number of the structure to be boarded;
(3) An accurate telephone number at which the owner may be reached;
(4) If the owner is a partnership or corporation, the owner shall designate one of its general partners or officers to act as its agent and provide the present residence and business addresses and telephone numbers for the agent;
(5) The owner's plan for the occupancy, repair or demolition of the structure;
(6) The owner's plan for regular maintenance during the period the structure is boarded up; and
(7) Such other information as the Department shall from time to time deem necessary.
(C) The owner, under this section, shall have a continuing duty to promptly supplement registration information required by this section in the event that the information changes in any way from what is stated on the original registration.
(D) Registration of a boarded up structure does not excuse the owner from compliance with any other applicable ordinance, regulation, or statute, including, without limitation, §§ 96.01 through 96.07. By accepting an owner's registration, the Department has not determined that the structure being registered is in compliance with any applicable local or state regulation or law.
(Ord. 35, passed 9-21-2011)