40-09 1306.521 & 1306.522 Unsafe structures - public nuisance

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any other transferee any interest in a public nuisance structure after receiving a notice of violation to make corrections, or to demolish and remove the same, without first providing the transferee with a copy of the notice. (4) No person, agent, firm or corporation shall sell, by land contract or otherwise, any interest in any public nuisance structure without furnishing the buyer, prior to the sale a copy of any outstanding notice or order from the City, including any notice of violation or any outstanding notice to make corrections to the mini- mum standards of the Codified Ordinances of Lake- wood, Ohio, the Revised Code and the Ohio Adminis- trative Code, including the Ohio Fire Code, or any outstanding notice to demolish and remove. No buyer or grantee, by land contract or otherwise, shall obtain any interest in any public nuisance structure without obtaining from the seller, prior to sale, the documents described above. (5) No person, agent, firm or corporation acting in the capacity of an escrow agent in any real estate trans- action involving the sale of a public nuisance structure in the City, shall disburse any funds unless the provi- sions of this section have been met. (6) Any buyer or grantee; by land contract or otherwise, of a public nuisance structure, shall begin at the date of transfer to comply with any notice or order ob- tained or to be obtained under this paragraph and, within ten (10) days of the date of transfer, shall no- tify the Commissioner, in writing, of the actions that will be taken to comply. The Commissioner may then. establish a reasonable time to comply. (d) Vacating buildings and prohibiting use. The Commissioner may also require in the notice issued un- der subsection (c)(1) of this section that the public nuisance structure or a portion thereof be vacated, not be reoccupied, or used until the specified repairs and improvements are completed, inspected, and approved by the Commissioner.