The Board of Trustees of Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio met in regular session at the Miami Township Civic Building on June 3, 2003 with the following members present: Mary Makley Wolff, Edwin H. Humphrey and Joseph W. Uecker.
MR. HUMPHREY made a motion to adopt the following Resolution:
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ABATEMENT, CONTROL OR REMOVAL OF VEGETATION, GARBAGE, REFUSE OR DEBRIS, DISPENSING WITH THE SECOND READING AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, a board of trustees may provide for the abatement, control, or removal of vegetation, garbage, refuse, and other debris from land in the township, if the board determines that the owner's maintenance of such vegetation, garbage, refuse, and other debris constitutes a nuisance; and
WHEREAS, the Miami Township Community Development Office has investigated the condition of the following properties:
Address Auditor's Tax ID# 638 Ibold Road 18-25-18B-062 5704 Crab Apple Drive 18-46-31B-103 5713 Crab Apple Drive 18-46-31B-094 5728 East Tall Oaks 18-46-31B-307
WHEREAS, the Miami Township Community Development Office has documented the existence of non-maintained vegetation on these properties and recommends to the Board that the existence of said vegetation constitutes a nuisance; and
WHEREAS, the owner(s) of record of the aforementioned properties have not responded to requests made by the Miami Township Community Development Office to remove the vegetation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of Miami Township ("Board"), Clermont County, Ohio by authority of Chapter 504 and Section 505.87 of the Ohio Revised Code, as follows:
SECTION 1. The vegetation located at the above listed properties is declared a nuisance.
SECTION 2. The Board of Trustees hereby orders the removal of vegetation located at the above listed properties.
SECTION 3. The Board of Trustees hereby gives notice to the owner(s) of record that the removal of the vegetation located at the above listed properties will occur no sooner than June 13, 2003, and the owner(s) of record may enter into an agreement with the board to perform the removal of the vegetation.
SECTION 4. The cost of the removal of the vegetation shall be assessed to the owner(s) of record and the county auditor shall place the costs upon the tax duplicate. The costs are a lien upon such lands from and after the date of entry. The costs shall be collected as other taxes and returned to the township general fund.
SECTION 5. The Township Administrator is authorized to execute any agreement between the owner(s) of the aforementioned properties and Board of Trustees that is permitted pursuant to Section 505.87 of the Ohio Revised Code.
SECTION 6: That this Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure pursuant to Section 504.11 of the Ohio Revised Code, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare of Miami Township, in order to control the noxious vegetation at the above listed properties.
SECTION 7: The Board does hereby dispense with the requirement that this Resolution be read on two separate days, pursuant to Section 504.10 of the Ohio Revised Code, and authorizes the adoption of this Resolution upon its first reading.
SECTION 8: That this Board hereby finds and determines that all formal actions relative to the passage of this Resolution were taken in an open meeting of this Board, and that all deliberations of this Board and of its Committees, if any, which resulted in formal action, were taken in meetings open to the public, in full compliance with applicable legal requirements, including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.
SECTION 9: This Resolution shall take effect at the earliest period allowed by law.
First Reading: June 3, 2003
Second Reading: Dispensed with
Effective: June 13, 2003
MR. UECKER seconded the motion to adopt the Resolution. On the roll call being called the vote resulted as follows:
Mrs. Wolff AYE
Mr. Humphrey AYE
Mr. Uecker AYE
Resolution 2003 - 24 adopted June 3, 2003.