Whenever the Building Inspector/Commissioner determines that there has been a violation of this Code or has grounds to believe that a violation has occurred, notice shall be given in the manner prescribed herein to the person responsible for the violation as specified in this Code. Notices for condemnation procedures shall also comply with Section 1337.11 - Unsafe Structures and Equipment.
Such notice shall be in accordance with all of the following:
(a) Form.
(1) The Notice must be in writing;
(2) The Notice shall be sent to the person, firm, or corporation listed by the Lake County Auditor's Office as owner of the property at issue;
(3) The Notice must include a description of the property at issue which description is sufficient for identification purposes;
(4) The Notice must include a statement of the violation or violations determined to exist on the property with specific references to the section or sections of this Code alleged to have been violated;
(5) The Notice must include a description of the corrective action which must be taken to bring the property into compliance with the provisions of this Code;
(6) The Notice must include a deadline by which time the person receiving the Notice shall be required to take the necessary corrective action required to bring the property into compliance with the provisions of this Code;
(7) Include a statement of the right to file a lien in accordance with Section 1337.08
(b) - Prosecution of Violation.
(b) Method of Service. Such notice shall be deemed to be properly serviced if a copy thereof is:
(1) Delivered personally by the Building Inspector/Commissioner or Police Officer; or
(2) Sent by certified or first-class mail addressed to the owner of the property at issue at the address of the property; or
(3) Sent by certified or first-class mail addressed to the owner of the property at issue at the address listed as the owner's tax mailing address by the Lake County Auditor; or
(4) Sent by certified or first-class mail addressed to the owner of the property at issue at the owner's last known address;
(5) Posted by the Building Inspector/Commissioner in a conspicuous place on or about the property at issue if another method of delivery of the Notice is returned showing that the Notice was not delivered.
(c) Extension of Compliance Deadline. For good cause shown, the Building Inspector/Commissioner may, at his/her sole discretion, extend the deadline previously stated in the Notice of Violation for corrective action to bring a property into compliance. In the event such an extension is granted, the Building Inspector/Commissioner shall notify the owner of the property at issue of the extension in the same Form and pursuant to the same Method of Service required by Section 1337.09
(a) and Section 1337.09
(b) of this Code. Any such notice of extension shall specifically state the revised deadline by which time the person receiving the extension shall be required to take the necessary corrective action required to bring the property into compliance with the provisions of this Code.
(d) Penalties. Penalties for noncompliance with orders and notices shall be as set forth in Section 1337.08
(c) - Violation Penalties.
(e) Transfer of Ownership. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dwelling unit or structure who has received a compliance order or upon whom a notice of violation has been served to sell, transfer, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of such dwelling unit or structure to another until the provisions of the compliance order or notice of violation have been complied with, or until such owner shall first furnish the grantee, transferee, mortgagee, or lessee a true copy of any compliance order or notice of violation issued by the Building Inspector/Commissioner and shall furnish to the Building Inspector/Commissioner a signed and notarized statement from the grantee, transferee, mortgagee or lessee, acknowledging the receipt of such compliance order or notice of violation and fully accepting the responsibility without condition for making the corrections or repairs required by such compliance order or notice of violation.
(Ord. 2010-22. Passed 5-27-10.)