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Trustees approve multiple excessive‑vegetation nuisance resolutions and certify abatement liens to county auditor
Summary
At the Aug. 13 meeting the trustees adopted several resolutions declaring excessive vegetation nuisances at multiple addresses and certified abatement expenses to the county auditor; Director Roach said three abatement resolutions total about $16,000 in liens.
Community Development Director Roach presented a series of nuisance and abatement resolutions at the Aug. 13 meeting; trustees passed each resolution by roll call. The agenda items included declarations of excessive vegetation at individual parcels and motions to certify the cost of abatement work as liens to the Hamilton County auditor.
Roach described four initial nuisance resolutions (declaring excessive vegetation at properties including 708 Woody Hill Drive, 5321 Plumridge Drive and others) and three subsequent abatement certifications that Roach said "total[] about $16,000." He told trustees that five or six properties were removed from the agenda earlier in the day after voluntary compliance by the property owners.
The board adopted multiple resolutions (numbers read on the record, including resolutions labeled 2025‑1‑52 through 2025‑1‑58) that declared nuisances for tall vegetation and directed the township to place abatement costs on the tax duplicate for affected parcels. Roach noted that abatement liens appear on the January tax duplicate after certifying costs to the county auditor.
Why it matters: The resolutions formalize code enforcement actions and shift abatement costs to property tax records where owners do not voluntarily comply; the measures are part of the township's property maintenance enforcement and may indicate recurring problems with absentee properties or properties in neglect.
