reasonable time allowed in the correction order which is part of the notice, the city may elect to enter upon the premises under authority of this Code to perform the work required by the notice. Such advance notice may be reduced or dispensed with as explained in Section 112 dealing with emergency situations. This type of advance notice provides a basis for the city to recover (through the procedures described in Ohio Revised Code 715.261) any costs it may incur in correcting unsafe structures or hazardous conditions or abating unlawful conditions as nuisances.

9. 9. The notice shall give an explanation of the fact that, as an alternative to performing the correction work within the reasonable time allowed in the notice (and to avoid the city entering upon the property to perform that work if the owner fails to do so), the owner or any lienholder of record may enter into a written contract with the city in which that owner or lienholder gives a written promise, guaranteed by a sufficient surety (as described below), that the work will be completed within such additional reasonable time as may be agreed to between those parties. Such a sufficient surety must be a performance bond, letter of credit or cash deposited with the city in the amount of one and one-half times the cost of the work, as reasonably estimated by the city, with the terms, conditions and issuing company or bank to be satisfactory to the city attorney.
10. 10. The notice shall include an explanation of the intention of the city to recover the costs it may incur in correcting such unsafe, hazardous, or unlawful nuisance conditions through certifying those costs to the county auditor to be placed as a real estate tax lien against the premises (under Ohio Revised Code 715.261 as referred to above) and/or to commence a civil lawsuit to recover those costs from the owner and/or to use other legal remedies to enforce this code.

Such notice shall be deemed to be properly served where a copy thereof is served in accordance with any one or more of the following methods, reasonably calculated to reach the owner, owner’s agent, or person responsible for the premises or structure:

1. 1. A copy is delivered personally.
2. 2. A copy is sent by certified or registered mail addressed to the owner at the last known address with the return receipt requested.
3. 3. A copy is posted in a conspicuous location at the subject property.
4. 4. A notice, in summary form, is published in a newspaper of general circulation within the city.
5. 5. A copy is serviced personally or residentially by an officer of the Public Safety Department of the city.
6. 6. A notice is sent by electronic mail, where the email address of the owner or owner’s authorized agent is known.