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Costs incurred in the performance of minor nuisance abatement shall be paid by the City. The Director of Law and/or the Director of Finance of the City shall take action to put a lien on the property consistent with Ohio law where the unsafe structure is or was located for the recovery of such costs. The costs may include all labor, equipment or other materials to correct or remove such nuisance, the fees of the officer serving the notices, the cost of public notice of any appeal hearings, and an administrative fee equal to 3% of the cost to remove and abate such nuisance, but such administrative fee shall not exceed $100 nor be less than $25. 1363.108 UNSAFE STRUCTURES OR PREMISES 1363.108.1 Unsafe Structures or Premises Defined All structures or conditions upon premises that are injurious to or a menace to the public health, safety or welfare, or are structurally unsafe, unsanitary or not provided with adequate safe egress, or constitute a fire hazard, or are vacant and open to public entry, or are otherwise dangerous to human life or injurious to the public, or in relation to existing use constitute a hazard to the public health, safety or welfare by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence or abandonment are Unsafe Structures or Unsafe Premises. All Unsafe Structures or Unsafe Premises are declared to be public nuisances. 1363.108.2 Notice of Unsafe Structure or Premises Upon determining that a structure or premises is an Unsafe Structure or Premises, the Building Commissioner shall issue a Notice of Unsafe Structure or Premises and notify the owner of record, occupant, mortgagee, agent, all holders of legal and equitable liens of record upon such structure and property as well as all other persons having an interest in such structure, as shown by the records maintained by the Cuyahoga County Recorder and Fiscal Officer, that the structure or premises have been declared an Unsafe Structure or Premises and: a. The owner of record must vacate, repair or demolish the structure or premises in accordance with the terms of the Notice and the City's ordinances; and b. The occupant must vacate such structure or premises or have it repaired in accordance with the notice to remain in possession; and c. The mortgagee, agent, lienholder of record or other person having an interest in the structure or premises, as shown by the records maintained by the Cuyahoga County Recorder and / or Fiscal Officer, may at his or her own risk repair, vacate or demolish the structure or premises or have such work or act done; and d. State a reasonable time, not exceeding 60 days, by which the repairs or demolition must be completed; and e. Set forth a description of how the structure or premises are unsafe; and