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Louisville Metro Code of Ordinances § 156.804

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Louisville Metro Code of Ordinances § 156.804
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§ 156.804 NOTICES; ORDERS.

(A) (1) Citation or notice to owner or to person or persons responsible. Whenever the Code Official, based upon personal observation or investigation, has reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed a violation of this code, the Code Official is authorized to issue a citation or notice of violation to the offender in accordance and as prescribed by § 32.283.

(2) Notice regarding care of dilapidated abandoned property.

(a) The Director shall have a notice to be mailed at least annually to the last known address of the owner of each dilapidated abandoned property, or shall publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation, advising owners, operators, and persons in possession or control of dilapidated abandoned property, of the requirements of this chapter regarding the care of property.

(b) The notice shall describe each of the nuisances described in Chapter 156 and shall state one or more of the following may occur beginning 30 days of the notice is mailed or published:

1. Failure to remove or otherwise abate any nuisances will result in the Department or its designee without further notice may take any action necessary to abate the nuisance within the first anniversary of the date of the notice and that the owner will be billed for all costs of the abatement.

2. Additional civil or criminal legal actions may be filed by the Department against the owner or owners to enforce nuisance violations, without additional notice.

(c) The notice issued pursuant to this section may be appealed to the Code Enforcement Board.

(B) Violation penalties. Penalties for noncompliance with citations, orders and notices shall be as set forth in § 156.999.