40-09 1306.521 & 1306.522 Unsafe structures - public nuisance

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(1) The Building Commissioner, Assistant Building Com- missioner or his or her designee (for the purposes of this section, the °Commissioner'~ is authorized to ex- amine or cause to be examined every building or oth- er structure reported to be unsafe or damaged or in- jurious to or a menace to the public, and shall make a written record of the examination. (2) The Commissioner may designate as a public nui- sance structure any structures or conditions, or any portion thereof, found to be unsafe under the criteria established in Section 1306.521. (3) The Commissioner may also declare that a public nui- sance structure which, due to its advanced state of dilapidation, substantial fire damage or structural in- firmity, is an immediate hazard to human life or health, may only be abated by immediate repair and rehabilitation to the minimum standards of the Codi- fled Ordinances of Lakewood, Ohio, the Revised Code, and Ohio Administrative Code, including the Ohio Fire Code, or by demolition. (4) Whenever the Commissioner finds a vacant structure open to entry at doors, windows or other points ac- cessible to the general public, the Commissioner may cause the structure to be secured at those points of entry. The Commissioner shall be authorized at any time to enter the premises to secure the structure in order to lessen the severity of the public nuisance. In securing the structure, the Commissioner may call any department, division or bureau of the City for whatever assistance may be necessary, or may, by private contract, secure such structure, and may no- tify any public utility to shut off service to the prop- erty. (c) Notice of violation. (i) Whenever the Commissioner finds a building, struc- ture or a portion thereof to be unsafe, and deter- mines it or the property on which it is located to be a public nuisance structure, the Commissioner shall forward by certified mail to the owner, agent or per-