File #: O-056-25    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 1/9/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/25/2025 Final action: 2/25/2025
Title: Amending Ord. 479-24 which amended Toledo Municipal Code (TMC), Part Eleven, Chapter 1115, Violations, Penalties and Enforcement; and declaring an emergency.
Attachments: 1. Video: City Council 2/25/2025, 2. Video: Agenda Review 2/18/2025, 3. Video: City Council 2/11/2025, 4. Video: Agenda Review 2/4/2025


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Amend 479-24
Plan Commission


Title
Amending Ord. 479-24 which amended Toledo Municipal Code (TMC), Part Eleven, Chapter 1115, Violations, Penalties and Enforcement; and declaring an emergency.

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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Ordinance 479-24 amended Toledo Municipal Code (TMC), Part Eleven, Chapter 1115, Violations, Penalties and Enforcement. Chapter 1115 was previously amended to allow the Toledo Lucas County Plan Commissions direct enforcement of zoning and compliance issues.

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

SECTION 1 That Toledo Municipal Code, Part Eleven, Chapter 1115, which reads as follows:

CHAPTER 1115 VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT
1115.0100 Responsibility for enforcement.
1115.0101 It is the duty of the Director of Building and Code Compliance, and the Planning Director to enforce this Zoning Code.

1115.0800 Enforcement procedures.
1115.0801 Non-Emergency Matters.
In the case of violations of this Zoning Code that do not constitute an emergency or require immediate attention, the Commissioner of Building Inspection and/or the Commissioner of Code Enforcement must give notice of the nature of the violation to the property owner or to any other person who is party to the agreement or to any applicant for any relevant permit in the manner hereafter stated, after which the persons receiving notice will have up to 30 days to correct the violation before further enforcement action will be taken.

1115.0802 Emergency Matters.
In the case of violations of this Zoning Code that constitute an emergency situation as a result of public safety concerns or violations that will create increased problems or costs if not remedied immediately, the City may use the enforcement powers available under this Zoning Code without prior notice, but the Commissioner of Building Inspection and/or the Commissioner of Code Enforcement must attempt to give notice simultaneously with beginning enforcement act...

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