File #: O-641-22    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 11/22/2022 In control: Law Department
On agenda: 12/6/2022 Final action: 1/24/2023
Title: Amending Toledo Municipal Code Chapter 1726 Section 1726.04, Appeal procedure, hearing; and declaring an emergency.
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Dale R. Emch (x1020)
Department of Law

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Amending Toledo Municipal Code Chapter 1726 Section 1726.04, Appeal procedure, hearing; and declaring an emergency.

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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo now brings forward this ordinance amending and repealing the current section 1726.04 of Toledo Municipal Code, Ch. 1726, Appeal procedure; hearing, and enacting a new Section 1726.04(d).

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NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:

SECTION 1. That Toledo Municipal Code Chapter 1726, Section 1726.04 Appeal procedure; hearing as provided on Exhibit A hereto, is hereby repealed to add a new paragraph (d).

SECTION 2. That Toledo Municipal Code Chapter 1726, Section 1726.04 Appeal procedure; hearing is hereby enacted and shall read as follows:

1726.04. Appeal procedure; hearing.
(a) An owner, as defined in Section 1726.01(b), of a property, location or structure declared a public nuisance by the Director or his/her designated representative, ordered to abate the nuisance within seventy-two (72) hours or issued a Notice of Liability pursuant to Section 1726.08, may appeal the notice or order in writing, and request a hearing with the Nuisance Abatement Housing Appeals Board (Appeal Board) within three business days from the date on the notice-order or no later than twenty-four (24) hours from the date of receipt (excluding weekends and/or holidays). The written request shall be made to the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods. The written request must be accompanied by a cash bond in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00). The appeal request does not stay the order to abate the nuisance.
(1) A summary abatement appeal hearing, if properly requested, shall be held at the first regularly scheduled Appeals Board meeting following the request.
(b) An owner, as defined in Section 1726.01(b), of a property, location or structure declared a public nuisance by the Director [or his/her d...

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