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(a) The cover, occupant or person having the charge or management of any lot or parcel of land situated within [he City,
<br />whether the same be improved or unimproved, vacant or occupied, shall not permit refuse ordebris to be placed on the tees lawn for
<br />collection prior to 6000 p.m. on the evening before regular refuse collection for that property
<br />(b) If the owner, occupant or person having the charge or management of any lot or parcel of land places or allows to be
<br />placed any refuse or debris on the tree lawn prior to the times provided for herein, the Unit Manager ofthe Division of Refuse or his or
<br />her designee is authorized to cause said refuse or debris to be removed from said premises
<br />(c) When any such refuse or debris is removed at a time other than that scheduled for regular collection as detertnined by
<br />the Division of Refuse, then otter such work is performed, the City shall give five days' notice by regular mail to the owner, occupant or
<br />person having the charge or management of such lot or parcel of land, at his known address, to pay the cost of such removal, which
<br />notice shall be accompanied by a statement ofthe amount of fees. Ifthe same is not paid within thirty days after the mailing ofthe
<br />notice, such amount may be certified to the CounTy Auditor for collection as other taxes and assessments and<ollected in accordance
<br />with Ohio RC. 731.54, or the Ciry may seek recovery of such costs by civil action against the property owner involved.
<br />(d) When it is deemed necessary to remove refuse or debris from the puhlic right ofway when improperly placed for
<br />collection, iu accordance with the provisions ofthis section, the owner shall be charged at the rate of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per
<br />hour or portion thereof, or the actual cost of such work, whichever is larger The minimum charge therefor shall be as follows'
<br />Violazions Minimum Fee
<br />1e1 violation $100.00
<br />2"s violation 200.00
<br />3`" violation 300.00
<br />4'"violation or more 500.00
<br />within atwelve (12) month poriod.
<br />CHAPTER 1779
<br />Harboring Mice ar Rats
<br />1779.01 CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO HARBORING MICE OR RATS.
<br />The following conditions are found and declared to be conducive to harboring mice and rats and are hereby declared to be
<br />nuisances and prohibited.
<br />(a) Broken, cracked or defective ceilings, walls, floors or foundations, in which are holes or cracks of a size sufficient to
<br />permit a rat or mouse to pass ffirough.
<br />(b) Materials, including rubbish, piled, stored or kept on the premises, into, among or under which rats or mice have
<br />burtowed or may burrow.
<br />(c) Buildings, foundations of buildings, appurtenances to buildings, floors, walks or driveways under which mice or rats
<br />have burrowed.
<br />(d) Portable buildings, boxes, aortas and materials, including mbhish, piled, stored or kept so that they msC directly on
<br />the ground surface or less than eight inches above such surface.
<br />(e) Garbage containers without watertight tops, sides and bottoms or without tightly fitting tops or around or order
<br />which mice or rnts havo burrowed or may borrow.
<br />(~ Feeding ofwild animals, birds or other wildlife, other than iv suitable contal¢ere for Yood, elevated az least foriy~eight
<br />inches above the ground level
<br />1779.02 ABATEMENT.
<br />(q) No owner, lessee or occupant of any premises in or upon which any condition prohibited in Section 1779.01 exists,
<br />shz1l fail or refuse to abate the same within seven days aher being notified to do so, as hereinafter provided.
<br />(b) In the event of a second citation for a violalim of any provision of this chapter withi¢ six calendar months of a
<br />previous citation, Ne notice requirement under this chapter shall be twenty-four hours for corzection, as opposed to the seven days
<br />required under subsection (a) hereof
<br />1779.03 NOTICE.
<br />The notice refersed to in Section 1779.02 shall be in writi¢g, shall bear the date of issuance and shall be sig¢ed by the
<br />Commissioner of Health or the Director of Public Safety or by a deputy of either. Any such notice may be served as is provided for
<br />service of summons in civil actions or by delivery to such person or to the premises affected by it by an employee of the Division of
<br />Public Health or a member of the Division of Police. Every such notice shall describe by street and number the premises which it
<br />purports to cover and shall state with as great particularity as possible under the circumstances the location and nature ofthe condition
<br />which gives rise to such nuisance.
<br />1779.04 SCIENTER REQUIRED.
<br />In the enforcement ofthe foregoing sections of this chapter no owner not in actual occupation of any property shall be held
<br />guilty oP a violatim ofthis chapter by reason of any ofthe acts or omissions specified m Section 1779.01, subsections (b), (d) or (e),
<br />unless it is shown that one or more ofthe acts or omissions thereby prohibited was done with his lnowledge. A continuance of any such
<br />prohibited condition for more than twenty days after notice thereof to the ocwpant of such premises, or without such notice where a
<br />caretaker, janitor, agent or other representative of a nonoccupying owner occupies any part of such premises, shall be presumptive
<br />evidence of such knowledge on the part ofthe owner
<br />1779,05 REMEDY OF CITY.
<br />(a) If the owner, lessee or occupant of any premises in the City fails or refuses, within seven days after receiving any
<br />notice hereinabove provided for, to abate the nuisance described in such notice, it may be abated by the. City, Ovough its employees and
<br />under the direction of the Commissioner of Health or the Director of Public Safety The cos[ of abating any such nuisance shall be
<br />charged to the owner of the property affected and in default of payment shall be assessed against such property. Ail charges and
<br />assessments hereunder shall be as to forms, notices, times, payments, collections and all other respects as are now or hereafter may be
<br />provided for charges or assessments for sidewalk repairs as set forth in Article XVI Section 19 ofthe City Charter
<br />(h) elll charges and. assessments made under authority ofthis section are in addition [o any penalty that may be imposed
<br />under the provisions of Secton 1701,99 ofthis Sanitary Code.
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