The Board of Trustees of Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio met in regular session at the Miami Township Civic Building on June 1, 2004 with the following members present: Edwin H. Humphrey, Joseph W. Uecker and Mary Makley Wolff.
MRS. WOLFF 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#
5704 Crabapple Way 184631B103
5602 Wolfpen Pleasant Hill Road 182411B092
5607 Wolfpen Pleasant Hill Road 182411B100
5828 Buckwheat Road 184010.072
5766 Crestview Lane 184006.005
5409 Country Lane 182407B103
6316 Thorn Tree Court 182518G200
5732 Linden Drive 184631C273
1091 Heatherstone Way 184615.030
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 11, 2004, 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 1, 2004
Second Reading: Dispensed with
Effective: June 11, 2004
MR. UECKER seconded the motion to adopt the Resolution. On the roll call
being called the vote resulted as follows:
Mr. Humphrey AYE
Mr. Uecker AYE
Mrs. Wolff AYE
Resolution 2004-20 adopted June 1, 2004.