[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the City
of Union City 1-7-1997 as § 6-1 of the 1996 Revised General Ordinances.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Whenever anything is declared by this chapter to be a nuisance or
any unsanitary or unhealthy condition is found on any premises within
the City, notice shall be given to the owner or person in control
of the premises to remove or abate it immediately from the date of
service in this notice.
[Amended 4-1-2008]
B.
Whenever anything declared by the enforcing agency in Union City
to be a nuisance or any unsanitary or unhealthy condition is found
on any public property, highway or other public premises or place,
notice shall be given to the person in charge to remove or abate the
same within the time specified. If that person fails to comply with
the notice within the time specified, the Health Officer or Construction
Code Official may remove or abate such nuisance or condition in the
manner provided for a like condition existing on a private premises
or place.
[Amended 5-21-2013]
C.
Whenever anything declared by the enforcing agency in Union City to be a nuisance or any unsanitary or unhealthy condition is found on any premises within the City which shall cause an immediate threat to the occupants of such premises or to the inhabitants of the City, the Health Officer or Construction Code Official shall have the authority to order an immediate abatement of such condition. In the event the owner or person in control of the premises has not abated same within a twenty-four-hour period, the Health Officer or Construction Code Official may remove or abate such nuisance or condition in the manner provided for in § 266-2.
[Amended 5-21-2013]
[Amended 5-21-2013]
If the owner or person in control of the premises, upon being notified as provided by § 266-1, does not comply with the notice within the time specified and fails to remove or abate the nuisance or condition, the Health Officer or Construction Code Official shall proceed to abate the nuisance or condition, or may cause it to be removed or abated, in a summary manner by such means as shall be deemed proper.
A.
Whenever any cost or expense is incurred by the City as a result
of abating or removing, or causing to be abated or removed, any nuisance
or unsanitary or unhealthy condition, such costs and expenses may
be recovered in the following manner:
(1)
In all cases where practical and permitted by law, such costs shall
be certified to the tax assessment authority and shall be a part of
the taxes next assessed against the premises upon which the nuisance
or unsanitary condition was located.
B.
Regardless of how costs are actually recovered, they shall be in
addition to, and shall not affect the imposition of, any penalties
for the violation of this chapter.