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File #: 13-14    Version: 2 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 2/1/2013 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/6/2013 Final action: 2/6/2013
Title: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CLERK OF COUNCIL TO CERTIFY THE CITY’S TOTAL COST TO DATE OF NUISANCE ABATEMENT AT 131 KESWICK DRIVE, PARCEL NO. 32-00971, TO THE SUMMIT COUNTY FISCAL OFFICE AS A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR PLACEMENT ON THE TAX DUPLICATE FOR COLLECTION IN ONE ANNUAL INSTALLMENT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Executive Summary: This Ordinance would certify to the Summit County Fiscal Office the City’s total cost to date of $84,383.60 for nuisance abatement at 131 Keswick Drive as a special assessment for placement on the tax duplicate for collection in one annual installment, with the expectation that the City’s additional costs for the abatement of the nuisance at the Property will be certified to the County at a later date.
Sponsors: William A. Currin
Indexes: Finance - Appropriations and Budget
Attachments: 1. Ord. No. 13-14
Title
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CLERK OF COUNCIL TO CERTIFY THE CITY’S TOTAL COST TO DATE OF NUISANCE ABATEMENT AT 131 KESWICK DRIVE, PARCEL NO. 32-00971, TO THE SUMMIT COUNTY FISCAL OFFICE AS A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR PLACEMENT ON THE TAX DUPLICATE FOR COLLECTION IN ONE ANNUAL INSTALLMENT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Executive Summary: This Ordinance would certify to the Summit County Fiscal Office the City’s total cost to date of $84,383.60 for nuisance abatement at 131 Keswick Drive as a special assessment for placement on the tax duplicate for collection in one annual installment, with the expectation that the City’s additional costs for the abatement of the nuisance at the Property will be certified to the County at a later date.
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Legislative History
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Purpose & Explanation
Since June 2011, the City of Hudson has expended considerable time and funds in an effort to have the owner of 131 Keswick Drive, Parcel No. 32-00971), bring the Property into compliance with the City’s Building and Housing Code. In a final order dated August 17, 2011, and after conducting a full evidentiary hearing, the City’s Board of Nuisance Abatement declared the Property a public nuisance and ordered it abated by demolition or repair and rehabilitation within 45 days of receipt of the Board’s decision. The owner of the Property did not abate the public nuisance within the time period provided by the Board of Nuisance Abatement and on October 13, 2011, the City issued a Notice of Demolition in accordance with Section 1442.05(a) of the City’s Building and Housing Code and Section 715.26(B) of the Ohio Revised Code advising the owner and all lienholders that due to the owner’s failure to abate the public nuisance at the Property, the City would abate the nuisance by demolition within 30-days of receipt of the notice. In response to the Notice of Demolition, the owner filed an appeal and complaint for injunction in the Summit County Court of Common Pleas, in which the Ci...

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