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ORDINANCE N0. 70-36 BY: MR. LEECH ,~ a Q r~. LU'J 4A Li.! A., ~1 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE N0. 69-7, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTS FOR GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS", BY ADDING SECTION 1(a) PERTAINING TO ABANDONED AND INOPERATIVE GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS Be It Ordained by the Council of the Village of Mayfield, Cuyahoga County, ~ Ohio, that: Section 1. Ordinance No, 69-7, entitled "An Ordinance Establishing Requirements for Gasoline Service Stations", is hereby amended by adding Section 1(a) which shall read as follows: "Section 1(a). Abandoned and inoperative Qasoline service stations. If any gasoline service station shall become abandoned, such station shall be presumed to be a nuisance affecting or endangering surrounding property values and to be detrimental to the public. health, safety, convenience, comfort, property or general welfare of the community and shall be abated. Abandoned is defined as a failure to operate said service station as a gasoline service station, 1) for at least three consecutive months, or 2) for at least three months in any 18-month period. ,~~ i ~~ ~{ Y i L.{.! ' q~ I i W Sdhenever the Building Inspector and Service Director shall find any gasoline service station to be abandoned within the meaning of this section, he shall give notice in the same manner as service of summons in civil cases, or by certified mail addressed to the owner of record of the premises at his last known address or to the address to which tax bills are sent, or by a combination of the fore- going methods, to abate such abandoned condition within 60 days after service of said notice, either by 1) placing the station in operation in accordance with the ordinances of the Village of Mayfield, or 2) adapting and using all buildings and land on said premises for another purpose or purposes permitted by the ordinances of the Village of Mayfield, removing the pumps and signs, abandoning under- ground storage tanks in accordance with accepted safe practice as prescribed by the National Fire Protection Association in Appendix C to N.F.P.A. No. 30, under the supervision of the Fire Department of the Village of Mayfield, and filling depressions to the grade level of the lot; provided, however, that if the station is in operation as a gasoline service station at the time the notice is served, and remains in continuous operation for at least three months thereafter, the provisions of this Section shall not apply; and provided, further, that if there should be declared a national emergency which